Patent References 3572259 Extrusion apparatus Patent #: 4251201 InventorApplicationNo. 07/038003 filed on 04/14/1987US Classes:426/283, Dough type preform426/89SURFACE COATED, FLUID ENCAPSULATED, LAMINATED SOLID COMPOSITE OF SELF SUSTAINING DISSIMILAR EDIBLE MATERIALExaminersPrimary: Czaja, Donald E.Assistant: Mims, Mary S. International ClassesA23P 1/10 (20060101)A23P 1/12 (20060101) A21C 11/00 (20060101) A21C 3/00 (20060101) A21C 11/16 (20060101) A21C 3/04 (20060101) AbstractMethod of and apparatus for forming filled dough products comprising: piston extruders for pumping dough and filling to measuring devices which extrudes external dough tube with internal filling through a die head so that part of the dough tube of one item is extruded without filling, a twisting device for turning just extruded item around its longitudinal axis and twisting the empty part of the dough tube, and pinching device for forming closing and separating ends of the items. | |