Claims
- 1. A method of forming tortillas comprising the steps of
- inserting a ball of tortilla dough into a region between a rotatable forming base having a heatable arcuate outer surface and an associated compression plate having a heatable arcuate surface which is configured so as to be substantially equidistant throughout to the opposing portion of said outer surface of said base when said surfaces are juxtaposed spaced-apart at a distance desired for forming tortillas therebetween, said plate being moveable with respect to said base into said juxtaposed spaced-apart relationship and out of said relationship with the end of said plate which the advancing base surface first passes under when said base rotates in a desired direction being moveable away from said base while the other end of said plate remains pivotally fixed in substantially the same spaced-apart position with respect to said base,
- moving said plate into said juxtaposed spaced-apart relationship so that said ball is compressed between said plate and said base,
- moving said plate out of said relationship,
- and rotating said base in said desired direction to cause the compressed dough to move out of said region between said plate and said base.
- 2. The method described in claim 1 wherein said step of rotating said base comprises moving said base in a step motion.
- 3. The method described in claim 2 wherein the step of compressing said ball occurs when said base is in a stop phase of said step motion.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 26,368 filed Apr. 2, 1979, now Pat. No. 4,241,648, which, in turn, was a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 849,890, filed Nov. 9, 1977, now abandoned.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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