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Title:
A ROLLED COOKIE MACHINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/128607
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The present invention generally relates to a machine for preparing a rolled jam tart. The present invention comprises of mechanisms for compressing the dough and the jam, and filling the jam inside the rolled compressed dough. The mechanism involved is co-extrusion mechanism. The present invention also aided with a sensor for cutting the tart automatically and uniformly.

Inventors:
HAMZAH AZMAN (MY)
MING YEE PUA (MY)
SHAMSUDIN ROSNAH (MY)
ENDON JOHARI (MY)
Application Number:
PCT/MY2012/000035
Publication Date:
September 27, 2012
Filing Date:
February 29, 2012
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
UNIV PUTRA MALAYSIA (MY)
HAMZAH AZMAN (MY)
MING YEE PUA (MY)
SHAMSUDIN ROSNAH (MY)
ENDON JOHARI (MY)
International Classes:
A23G3/26; A23G3/20; A23G3/54
Foreign References:
US20050214421A12005-09-29
JPH07123903A1995-05-16
US6558720B12003-05-06
US5227186A1993-07-13
US5124161A1992-06-23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NAWAWI, Norunnuha (No. 17-2 Jalan Medan Pusat 2d,Persiaran Bangi,Bandar Baru Bang, Selangor ., MY)
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Claims:
Claims

[Claim 1] 1. A rolled cookie machine comprising:

a jam hopper 101 configured to receive tart jam;

a dough hopper 201 configured to dough;

first barrel 103 connected to the jam hopper 101 configured to house the jam for compressing before conveying;

second barrel 203 connected to the dough hopper 201 to configured to house the dough for compressing and conveying;

first nozzle horn 105 attached at the first barrel 103 configured for extrusion and compression;

second nozzle horn 205 attached at the second barrel 203 configured for extrusion and compression;

a cutter 301 located next to the second nozzle horn 205;

motor unit 400;

first extrusion screw 107 located inside the first barrel 103 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the first extrusion screw 107 configured to push, convey and compress the jam;

second extrusion screw 207 located inside the second barrel 203 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the second extrusion screw 207 configured to push, convey and compress the dough; and a tube 601 extended at the mouth of the first nozzle horn 105

connecting to the concentric point of the second nozzle horn 205, wherein the dough and jam are extruded concurrently at the second nozzle horns 205 .

[Claim 2] 2. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the motor unit 400 further comprising:

two thrust bearings to prevent the first and second extrusion screws 107 , 207 from moving forward and backward;

two motors 401 configured to supply power for the extrusion screws 107, 207;

two gear boxes 403 configured to regulate the motor speed;

a linear bearing to hold the second extrusion screw shaft;

a direct coupling to assemble the motor 401 and gearbox 403; and two pulleys 405 and a belt 407 system to transmit power from the motors 401 to the gearboxes 403.

[Claim 3] 3. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the jam hopper 101 is complemented with a pneumatic cylinder 501. [Claim 4] 4. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the dough hopper 201 is complemented with a pneumatic cylinder 501.

[Claim 5] 5. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the cutter

301 is complemented with a pneumatic cylinder 501.

[Claim 6] 6. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the cutter

301 is aided with a sensor unit for making the cutting process automatically and uniformly.

[Claim 7] 7. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the

dimension of the dough hopper 201 is two times greater than the jam hopper 101.

[Claim 8] 8. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the dough hopper 201 is in conical shape.

[Claim 9] 9. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the jam hopper 101 is in conical shape.

[Claim 10] 10. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the dimension of the second barrel 203 is two times greater than the first barrel 103.

[Claim 11] 1 1. A rolled cookie machine as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the dimension of the second nozzle horn 205 is two times greater than the first nozzle horn 105.

Description:
Description

Title of Invention: A ROLLED COOKIE MACHINE Technical Field

[ 1] The present invention relates generally to a machine for preparing rolled cookies for example rolled jam tart.

Background Art

[2] During festival seasons, the jam tart is one of the popular sweet pastries in Malaysia.

Jam tarts are categorized into three main groups, which are filled with, rolled with or topped with pineapple jam. Nowadays, majority jam tarts are produced manually and very less amounts are produced by machine. The productivity of tarts cannot fulfill the market demand and the tarts produced by handmade are not uniform in shape and size.

[3] Currently, the majority of jam tarts are produced manually and only an insignificant amount is machine-produced. The jam tart has great international commercial potential and can be machine-produced. But, the productivity of jam tart is very low and unable to meet market demand because it is manually produced. The current manual method of making pineapple rolled tart in Malaysia is troublesome. The most critical parts in making the pineapple rolled tart are the rolling and wrapping processes. The products are not consistent in term of shape and size, the method is labour intensive, inefficient and time consuming.

Disclosure of Invention

Summary of The Invention

[4] According to the aspect of the present invention, the present invention is provided rolled tart machine comprising: a jam hopper 101 configured to receive tart jam; a dough hopper 201 configured to receive dough; first barrel 103 connected to the jam hopper 101 configured to house the jam for compressing before conveying; second barrel 203 connected to the dough hopper 201 to configured to house the dough for compressing and conveying; first nozzle horn 105 attached at the first barrel 103 configured for extrusion and compression; second nozzle horn 205 attached at the second barrel 203 configured for extrusion and compression; a cutter 301 located next to the second nozzle horn 205; motor unit 400; first extrusion screw 107 located inside the first barrel 103 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the first extrusion screw 107 configured to push, convey and compress the jam; second extrusion screw 207 located inside the second barrel 203 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the second extrusion screw 207 configured to push, convey and compress the dough; and a tube 601 extended at the mouth of the first nozzle horn 105 connecting to the concentric point of the second nozzle horn 205, wherein the dough and jam are extruded concurrently at the second nozzle horns 205. This provision is advantageous as the production of the jam tart is fully mechanized; results in higher production rate than the manual.

Brief Description of Drawings

[5] FIG.l : illustrates a diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

[6] FIG.2 : illustrates hoppers of one embodiment of the present invention.

[7] FIG.3 : illustrates extrusion screws of one embodiment of the present invention.

[8] FIG.4 : illustrates barrels of one embodiment of the present invention.

[9] FIG.5 : illustrates nozzle horns of one embodiment of the present invention.

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[11] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[12] Referring to FIG.l, the present invention comprising a jam hopper 101 configured to receive tart jam; a dough hopper 201 configured to receive dough; first barrel 103 connected to the jam hopper 101 configured to house the jam for compressing before conveying; second barrel 203 connected to the dough hopper 201 to configured to house the dough for compressing and conveying; first nozzle horn 105 attached at the first barrel 103 configured for extrusion and compression; second nozzle horn 205 attached at the second barrel 203 configured for extrusion and compression; a cutter 301 located next to the second nozzle horn 205; motor unit 400; first extrusion screw 107 located inside the first barrel 103 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the first extrusion screw 107 configured to push, convey and compress the jam; second extrusion screw 207 located inside the second barrel 203 connected to the motor unit 400, wherein the second extrusion screw 207 configured to push, convey and compress the dough; and a tube 601 at the mouth of the first nozzle horn 105 connecting to the concentric point of the second nozzle horn 205.

The method for making pineapple rolled tart is by using co-extrusion method. The dough and jam are extruded concurrently at the second nozzle horns 205. The design concept of this invention is by screw conveying, compressing, and extruding the dough and jam. The first nozzle horn 105 is extended into the concentric point of the second nozzle horn 205 by a connector tube 601. The feeding unit is comprised of two pneumatic cylinders 501 and two hoppers 101, 201. These two pneumatic cylinders 501 are used to push jam and dough from hoppers 101, 201 into the first and second barrel 103, 203 respectively. These two hoppers 101, 201 are used to hold and occupy while waiting to go down the extruding section in the barrels 103, 203. The dimension of the dough hopper 201, the second barrel 203, and the second nozzle horn205 are two times bigger than their jam counter partner, because the volume ratio of dough to jam in the pineapple rolled tart is 2: 1 as shown in FIG.2. The dimension of the two barrels 103, 203 also having similar dimension as the hoppers 101, 201 accordingly as illustrated in FIG.4.

[14] The length and diameter of nozzle horn 105, 205 for jam and dough are the most critical dimension in this machine. If the too long of the nozzle horn length, the force for extruding is insufficient and it causes the blockage of dough, while if the length is too short, the dough is never have enough time for compression. If the dough have not been completely compressed, the dough is easy to break and separate into pieces. The diameter of nozzle horn cannot be too small to avoid the die pressure generated inside the nozzle horn. If the die pressure is high inside the nozzle horn, the force for extruding is required to be higher to overcome the die pressure. These two nozzle horns are depicted in FIG.5 .

[ 15] The cutting section is comprised of pneumatic cylinder 501, a cutter 301, infrared sensor and reflector. The sensor radiates the infrared. The circuit for cutter pneumatic is opened loop. When the tart extruded out from the second nozzle horn 205, the infrared is blocked. Then the sensor cannot receive the infrared and the circuit for cutter pneumatic in the PLC would be connected and the command signal is sent to pneumatic cylinder 501 for pushing the cutter 301. The moving direction of cutter 301 during cutting process of rolled tart dough is from up to down.

[16] For motor unit 400, the motor unit further comprising two thrust bearings to prevent the first and second extrusion screws 107, 207 from moving forward and backward; two motors 401 configured to supply power for the extrusion screws 107, 207; two gear boxes 403 configured to regulate the motor speed; a linear bearing to hold the second extrusion screw shaft; a direct coupling to assemble the motor 401 and gearbox 403; and two pulleys 405 and a belt system 407 to transmit power from the motors 401 to the gearboxes 403. For clearer illustrations of these two screws 107, 207, it is shown in FIG.3.

[17] Although the invention has been described with reference to particular embodiment, it is to be understood that the embodiment is merely illustrative of the principles and applications of the present invention. It is therefore to be understood that numerous modifications may be made to the illustrative embodiment that other arrangements may be devised without departing from the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.