A machine for kneading and extruding pasta, having a machine body, which includes electric gear motor having an output shaft with horizontal axis, a transmission from the output shaft to a driven shaft with a horizontal axis and parallel to the axis of the output shaft and coaxial to a shaft of a kneading reel, projecting externally to the machine body in a dough forming tank, having below and parallel to the shaft of the kneading reel an extrusion channel, in which a worm screw feeds an extrusion mass for forming pasta. The tank is a hopper, having two lateral walls, opposite and converging at the bottom into the extrusion channel, and two opposite vertical walls, front and rear. The rear wall of the tank is juxtaposed against a vertical wall of the machine body as a stiffening frame, having an upper horizontal cross-member, which forms a top edge of the tank, and a pair of V-shaped branches that form respective edges of the opposite lateral walls and of the channel of the tank. The stiffening frame is extends beyond the tank and provides an outer flange fixed relative to the tank. The tank is fixed with respect to the machine body by a detachable connection and is cantilevered relative to the vertical wall of the load-bearing frame. The detachable connection connects the outer flange with respect to the vertical wall of the load-bearing frame.

An machine for kneading and extruding pasta, having a machine body, which includes an electric gear motor having an output shaft with horizontal axis, a transmission from the output shaft to a driven shaft with horizontal axis and parallel to the axis of the output shaft and coaxial to a shaft of a kneading reel, projecting externally to the machine body in a dough forming tank, having below and parallel to the shaft of the kneading reel an extrusion channel, in which there is a worm screw that feeds an extrusion for forming pasta, wherein the machine body includes a load-bearing frame, including a sheet metal plate bent substantially 90 to provide a horizontal base, fixed with respect to a support on the table, and a vertical wall, on which the dough forming tank is fixed, and an inner reinforcement having first plate support, including a first vertical plate, which is fixed with respect to the horizontal base, parallel to and spaced from the vertical wall, a second plate support, including a second vertical plate, which is fixed to the inner face of the vertical wall, and a bearing for supporting and sustaining the output shaft and the driven shaft with respect to the first and second plate.

An machine for kneading and extruding pasta, having a machine body, which includes an electric gear motor having an output shaft with horizontal axis, a transmission from the output shaft to a driven shaft with horizontal axis and parallel to the axis of the output shaft and coaxial to a shaft of a kneading reel, projecting externally to the machine body in a dough forming tank, having below and parallel to the shaft of the kneading reel an extrusion channel, in which there is a worm screw that feeds an extrusion for forming pasta, wherein the machine body includes a load-bearing frame, including a sheet metal plate bent substantially 90 to provide a horizontal base, fixed with respect to a support on the table, and a vertical wall, on which the dough forming tank is fixed, and an inner reinforcement having first plate support, including a first vertical plate, which is fixed with respect to the horizontal base, parallel to and spaced from the vertical wall, a second plate support, including a second vertical plate, which is fixed to the inner face of the vertical wall, and a bearing for supporting and sustaining the output shaft and the driven shaft with respect to the first and second plate.

A co-extruded filled dough product comprises a dough shell casing and a filling material co-extruded with the dough shell casing. The filling material includes greater than about 40% of a particulate component and less than about 60% of a sauce component. The sauce component has a Bostwick consistency greater than about 7 cm and can be, e.g., a cheese-based sauce or a tomato-based sauce. A method of producing a filled dough product comprises co-extruding a dough shell casing and a filling material. A system for producing a filled dough product comprises a dough shell casing extruder die for forming a dough shell casing and a filling material die configured to extrude a filling material within the dough shell casing.

A system and method for dispensing a first and second baking material where the baking materials are simultaneously dispensed through a discharge tube. The discharge tube is moved with respect to a male mold while dispensing the baking materials. An optional pressure foot follows the discharge tube and assists with joining the dispensed layer with the previous layer by applying pressure. The baking materials are dispensed and layered to form complex shapes not possible by pouring or application of a sheet of dough. The dough and mold are baked together and the baked item is removed from the mold after baking.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing instant noodles using extruded noodles, with each noodle having a hole extending therethrough in a longitudinal direction, wherein the hole closes or contracts during boiling or rehydration in hot water and the hole in a cross section of the noodle is configured such that a plurality of grooves are formed rotationally symmetrically about a center of the cross section, extending in an outer radial direction from the center of the cross section of the noodle.

Provided is a kneaded dough dividing apparatus including a divider having a single dough inlet receiving kneaded dough and two dough outlets for discharging the received kneaded dough as two streams of kneaded dough. The apparatus includes a dough supply pipe continuously supplying kneaded dough to the dough inlet of the divider, and a pressure distribution changing plate provided in the dough supply pipe. The pressure distribution changing plate having a width in a direction traversing a cross-section of the dough supply pipe as seen in the cross-section and a length extending from an upstream end to downstream end of the pressure distribution changing plate. The pressure distribution changing plate is twisted so that a direction of the width at the downstream end is generally at a right angle to a direction of the width at the upstream end.

Provided is a kneaded dough dividing apparatus including a divider having a single dough inlet receiving kneaded dough and two dough outlets for discharging the received kneaded dough as two streams of kneaded dough. The apparatus includes a dough supply pipe continuously supplying kneaded dough to the dough inlet of the divider, and a pressure distribution changing plate provided in the dough supply pipe. The pressure distribution changing plate having a width in a direction traversing a cross-section of the dough supply pipe as seen in the cross-section and a length extending from an upstream end to downstream end of the pressure distribution changing plate. The pressure distribution changing plate is twisted so that a direction of the width at the downstream end is generally at a right angle to a direction of the width at the upstream end.

A multi-layered food product comprises a filling encapsulated by a dough layer, and the multi-layered food product can optionally include one or more toppings atop the dough layer.

A solid object feeder according to the present invention includes a rotary disk including a plurality of storing holes of storing solid objects, a supporting member disposed below the rotary disk, and a guide member disposed above a peripheral portion of the rotary disk. The supporting member includes a step region continuing from an upstream side to a downstream side with respect to the guide member, and another region located upstream of the step region. A gap between the supporting member and a lower surface of the rotary disk in the step region is defined so that the solid object can move a space below the guide member from the upstream side to the downstream side. The gap is larger than a gap between the supporting member and the lower surface of the rotary disk in the other region.