Production of cookies having large particulates using ultrasonic wirecutting

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9339041
APP PUB NO 20130216639A1
SERIAL NO

13852751

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A method for the continuous production of cookies having a high content of large inclusions, such as chocolate chips, nuts, and fruit pieces includes extruding a cookie dough containing the inclusions through a die orifice to obtain an extrudate dough rope, and cutting the extrudate dough rope with an ultrasonic cutting blade. The ultrasonic cutting severs the extrudate dough rope into dough pieces which fall onto a moving conveyer into a substantially uniform or regular array for uniform baking. The ultrasonic cutter is controlled to provide a roughened top surface on a dough piece to provide a home baked appearance upon baking, while cutting through the inclusions without substantial displacement of the inclusions which would cause pock marks on the surface of the dough piece, and without substantial dough piece weight variation.

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INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC100 DEFOREST AVENUE EAST HANOVER NJ 07936

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Janulis, Theodore N Randolph, US 32 297
Mihalos, Mihaelos Nicholas Palisades Park, US 14 77
Vangeepuram, Srinivas Kendall Park, US 2 10

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