Taco shell forming and cooking: apparatus and method
CA 1193135 A · Owner: Heat And Control, Inc. · Inventors: Klein, Lawrence F.; Benson, Clark K.; Caridis, Andrew A.
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A machine forms tortillas into cooked taco shells using a conveyor with a plurality of complementary vertically, extending forming elements which shift from a nested to an open condition as the conveyor sprockets are traversed for feeding and discharging the product. On the lower conveyor run the forming elements pass through a channel of cooking oil and then on to a station where cooked taco shell are discharged. A loading conveyor feeds tortillas in a spaced column towards the forming elements and an acceleration conveyor operates between the loading conveyor and forming conveyor for positioning the tortilla for engagement with a forming element.
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- Granted September 10, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 10, 2002.
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