IP Library Granted Patent US 9,980,493
Granted Patent B2
US 9,980,493 · App. 13/391,080 · Granted May 29, 2018

Dumpling producing method and device

Inventors: Edward Lee (Shanghai, CN); Muan Zhu (Jiangsu, CN); Derong Wang (Shanghai, CN); Gregory C. Vargas (St. Louis Park, MN); Michael P. Waldherr (Brooklyn Park, MN); Christopher J. Field (Greenwood, MN)
Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
A21C9/063A21C9/061Y10T83/6667Y10T83/9411
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Patent No.
US 9,980,493
App. No.
13/391,080
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a dumpling producing method and a dumpling producing device. The method comprises the following steps: cutting a mechanically sheeted dough sheet of a unidirectional texture into dumpling wrappers of a pre-defined shape, filling the stuffing into the dumpling sheet, and wrapping the dumpling wrapper along a fold line at an angle of 0 to 20 degrees to the texture orientation of each dumpling wrapper to produce the dumplings. The device comprises: a cutting mechanism consisting of a cutting unit and a rotating unit, wherein the rotating unit is configured to cause an angle formed between the texture orientation of the dumping wrapper and the fold line to be within 0 to 20 degrees.

Claims (15)

1. A dumpling producing device comprising:

a cutting mechanism that includes a cutting unit and a rotating unit,

wherein the rotating unit is configured to rotate a dumpling wrapper cut by the cutting unit relative to a dumpling die.

2. A dumpling producing device according to claim 1 , characterized in that the rotating unit is configured to rotate the dumpling wrapper cut by the cutting unit so that an angle formed between a texture orientation of the dumpling wrapper and a fold line of the dumpling die is 0 to 20 degrees.

3. A dumpling producing device according to claim 2 , characterized in that the rotating unit is configured to rotate the dumpling wrapper so that the angle formed between the texture orientation of the dumpling wrapper and the fold line is 0 degrees.

4. A dumpling producing device according claim 2 , characterized in that the rotating unit includes a sucker and a positioning part, the sucker being configured to suction attach the dumpling wrapper.

5. A dumpling producing device according to claim 2 , wherein the texture orientation of the dumpling wrapper is formed by unidirectional sheeting and is parallel to a sheeting direction.

6. A dumpling producing device comprising:

an input mechanism configured to input a dough sheet having a unidirectional texture;

a cutting mechanism configured to receive the dough sheet from the input mechanism and cut a plurality of dumpling wrappers of a predefined shape off of the dough sheet, each of the plurality of dumpling wrappers having the unidirectional texture of the dough sheet; and

a dumpling die that defines a folding axis,

characterized in that the cutting mechanism is configured to rotate each of the plurality of dumpling wrappers relative to the dumpling die.

7. A dumpling producing device according claim 6 , characterized in that the cutting mechanism is configured to rotate each of the plurality of dumpling wrappers relative to the dumpling die so that an angle formed between the folding axis of the dumpling die and an orientation of the unidirectional texture of the dumpling wrapper is 0 to 20 degrees.

8. A dumpling producing device according to claim 7 , wherein the texture orientation of the dough sheet is formed by unidirectional sheeting and is parallel to a sheeting direction.

9. A dumpling producing device according claim 8 , characterized in that the cutting mechanism is configured to rotate each of the plurality of dumpling wrappers relative to the dumpling die so that the angle formed between the folding axis of the dumpling die and the orientation of the unidirectional texture of the dumpling wrapper is 0 degrees.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2013
From: GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC.
To: GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 029682/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2012
From: LEE, EDWARD; ZHU, MUAN; WANG, DERONG; VARGAS, GREGORY C.; WALDHERR, MICHAEL P.; FIELD, CHRISTOPHER J.
To: GENERAL MILLS MARKETING, INC.
Reel/Frame 028242/0195 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0168437 · Aug 20, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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