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Float-frying and dockering methods for controlling the shape and preventing distortion of single and multi-layer snack products

CA 1292138 C · Owner: Willard, Miles Jamison · Inventors: Dayley, Kyle E.; Willard, Miles Jamison; Holm, David Antone

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The invention relates to snack products and more, particularly to a method for controlling the shape of fried snack products. In one embodiment of the invention novel sheeted snack, products are fried to form products of a similar curved shape with an appearance as if the products as a group were made at random. The novel shapes are imparted to the products irrespective of their overall size and without contact from mechanical shaping devices during frying. A preferred fried snack product is made from two adherent sheets of dissimilar potato-based dough controlled during frying to produce novel potato snacks resembling curved sections of a baked potato. These fried snack products are …

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  • Granted November 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 19, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1986
GrantedNovember 19, 1991
Term endedNovember 19, 2008
Patent numberCA 1292138 C
Classification (IPC)A23L1/01 +2 more

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19871990199319961999200220052008Application filedFeb 12, 1986Patent grantedNov 19, 1991Term endedNov 19, 2008

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