1. Technical Field
This invention is related to the manufacturing industry of equipment and accessories of tortilla machines for the production of sheet products made from corn, wheat or other type of dough. More specifically, it refers to a forming roller structure for sheet products from a dough base, personalized in a such a way that it allows placing, in a low and/or high embossing, a brand, embossing or seal on at least one its sides.
2. Background
It is well known that mechanical tortilla machines may be configured to feed a certain amount of dough through a hopper that dispenses dough through a lower orifice due to the action of the kneading blades. The dough is pushed through conduction tubes where endless screws are placed and feed the dough. This dough is pushed through the aforementioned small endless screws from a pressure chamber to a set of pressing metallic plates that create a dough sheet with a predetermined thickness, according to the thickness required by desired product (tortilla, nacho, chips, chalupa, tostada, huarache, tlacoyo, or any other sheet product from a dough base). A cutting roller is mounted at the exit point of the dough sheet, and it is triggered by a gear or sprocket and/or pressure exerted by some levers called oscillating arms. These are usually triggered by springs or any other mechanism that exerts pressure or creates a leverage point. This pressure exerted over the cutting roller cuts the sheet product in the required shape, depending on the product being obtained (tortilla, nacho, chips, chalupa, tostada, huarache, tlacoyo, or any other sheet product from a dough base).
The cutting rollers are simple rollers with shaped cutting borders that when turned over the dough sheet, cut the outer border in order to generate the desired dough product's shape.
Also, the finished products made from a laminated sheet of corn, wheat or other grains, and that are currently known and marketed, are produced with both sides substantially smooth, without distinctions or embossing.
Currently, there is no forming roller structure for dough sheet products that allows the application over the product of a print, brand, lettering, logo, image, text, marketing or advertising in a low or high embossing, thus allowing the differentiation, printing and/or personalization of the product during production. There are no known dough sheet products with these characteristics either; therefore, this provides a significant advantage within this industrial field.
This invention's main objective is to make available a forming roller structure for dough laminated products (corn, wheat or other kind of dough) that allows the application, in at least one of their sides, in low or high embossing, of a print, brand, lettering, logo, image, text, marketing or advertising.
Another objective from this invention is to make available such forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing, that can also be mounted on and removed from a tortilla machine, fulfilling the characteristics of creating a dough film from corn, wheat or any other kind of grain, as long as it is of the molding type and cut with a cutting roller.
Another objective for this invention is to make available such forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing that also has an engraving in a low and/or high embossing within the limits of the cutting borders that shape the product, with a variable height and depth depending on the dough sheet's thickness.
Another objective for this invention of a forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing, is to manufacture it from the proper material so that it keeps the dough from sticking during the product's cutting and engraving.
Another objective for this invention is to make available such forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing that also allows a better demolding of the cut and engraved product.
Another objective for this invention is to make available such forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing that also allows a more accurate, well defined, cut and engraving of the product.
One more objective for this invention is to make available such forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing, with a better hygiene, from a food-grade material and that is easier to clean and work with.
Yet another objective for this invention is to make available a food product from a dough sheet base made of corn, wheat or any other grain, that has in at least one of its sides a print, brand, lettering, logo, image, text, marketing or advertising, in a low or high embossing.
And all those characteristics and objectives that will be apparent while providing the general and detailed description of the invention, supported by the modalities presented.
The characteristic details of the forming roller structure for dough sheet products, personalized with a low or high embossing, are clearly shown on the following description and on the attached illustrative drawings, and the same reference signs are used to point out the same parts. As shown by the figures, “embossing” in this application should be understood to mean “engraving” as well as “embossing” in the strict sense, as the designs imparted to the dough sheet products by the disclosed structure may be in both high and low relief
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The solid cylindrical body 1 also incorporates, near its outer surface ends, side cutting blades 12 that cut excess dough from the rollers' ends in order to ease the product's demolding or release with the given shape.
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This way, we obtain a finished product that may he fried, cooked, raw, pre-cooked, dehydrated, processed, pressed, mixed, multi-grain, homemade, industrial, spicy, seasoned, with added vitamins, mineralized, with sprouts, with vegetables, with fruits, flavored, colored, with essences, mixed with meat products, low-calorie products, diet products, organic, etc. and they may be packed, wrapped, etc. with the aforementioned characteristics.
The invention has been sufficiently described so that a person with average knowledge on this field may be able to reproduce and obtain the results mentioned on this invention. However, any person with skills on the technical field related to this invention may be able to make modifications not mentioned on this application; however, if the application of these modifications to a given structure, or during its manufacturing process, requires the use of specifications included on the following claims, such structures must be included within the invention's scope.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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MX/U/20097/000071 | Mar 2009 | MX | national |
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 12/617,857, filed Nov. 13, 2009, and claiming priority under 35 USC §119 to Mexican Utility Model Application Serial No. MX/u/20097/000071, filed on Mar. 5, 2009, the entire contents of which applications are incorporated by reference.
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 12617857 | Nov 2009 | US |
Child | 13495098 | US |