Rolled food product and method of producing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11980197-B2
Application number	US-202218077347-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2022
Priority date	Sep 1, 2017
Publication date	May 14, 2024
Grant date	May 14, 2024

Abstract

Rolled food products are produced by cutting a dough sheet to form a roll sheet having a continuous pattern. The pattern is comprised of an asymmetrical repeat unit. The roll sheet is transported in a first direction with a conveyor system, and the roll sheet is rolled in a second direction to form a continuous roll. The second direction is not parallel to the first direction. The continuous roll is cut to form a plurality of rolls. Each of the plurality of rolls is asymmetrical.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A roll comprising a rolled dough piece having a total amount of dough, with a first amount of dough on a first side of a central transverse plane of the roll and a second, different amount of dough on a second, opposite side of the central transverse plane such that the roll is asymmetrical and formed as an asymmetric repeat unit, wherein the first amount of dough is 42.5-47.5% of the total amount of dough and the second amount of dough is 52.5-57.5% of the total amount dough.

2. The roll of claim 1 , wherein the dough piece, when in an unrolled state, includes a bottom edge, a first top edge and a second top edge, the first and second top edges being directly connected at a peak that is not centered relative to the bottom edge.

3. The roll of claim 2 , wherein:
the first top edge is at a first angle relative to the bottom edge; and
the second top edge is at a second angle, which is different from the first angle, relative to the bottom edge.

4. The roll of claim 2 , wherein:
the dough piece includes a first side edge, a second side edge and a transition area;
the first side edge connects the bottom edge to the first top edge;
the second side edge connects the bottom edge to the transition area;
the transition area connects the second side edge to the second top edge;
the first top edge is directly connected to the first side edge at a first point; and
the second top edge is directly connected to the transition area at a second point.

5. The roll of claim 4 , wherein a distance from a first end of the bottom edge to the peak is longer than a distance from a second end of the bottom edge to the peak.

6. The roll of claim 1 , wherein the dough piece, when in an unrolled state, the dough piece includes a bottom edge, two side edges directly connected to the bottom edge, and two angled top edges directly connected at a peak, with one of the two side edges being directly connected to one of the two angled top edges while another of the two side edges is only connected to another of the two angled top edges through a transition area, wherein the peak is not centered along the bottom edge.

7. The roll of claim 6 , wherein the transition area extends from the another of the two side edges towards the one of the two side edges so as to be offset from the another of the two side edges.

8. The roll of claim 6 , wherein the transition area includes a first edge section substantially parallel to the bottom edge and a second edge section substantially parallel to the another of the two side edges.

9. The roll of claim 6 , wherein the transition area is defined by a side edge portion extending at an angle to and directly from the another of the two side edges to the another of the two angled top edges.

10. The roll of claim 6 , wherein the two angled top edges extend at different angles relative to the bottom edge.

11. The roll of claim 1 , further comprising a filling.

12. The roll of claim 1 , wherein the roll is a crescent roll.

13. A package comprising multiple rolls, wherein each roll of the multiple rolls includes a rolled dough piece having a total amount of dough, with a first amount of dough on a first side of a central transverse plane of the roll and a second, different amount of dough on a second, opposite side of the central transverse plane such that each roll is asymmetrical and an asymmetric repeat unit, wherein the first amount of dough is 42.5-47.5% of the total amount of dough and the second amount of dough is 52.5-57.5% of the total amount dough.

14. The package of claim 13 , wherein the dough piece, when in an unrolled state, includes a bottom edge, a first top edge and a second top edge, the first and second top edges being directly connected at a peak that is not centered relative to the bottom edge.

15. The package of claim 14 , wherein:
the first top edge is at a first angle relative to the bottom edge; and
the second top edge is at a second angle, which is different from the first angle, relative to the bottom edge.

16. The package of claim 14 , wherein:
the dough piece includes a first side edge, a second side edge and a transition area;
the first side edge connects the bottom edge to the first top edge;
the second side edge connects the bottom edge to the transition area;
the transition area connects the second side edge to the second top edge;
the first top edge is directly connected to the first side edge at a first point; and
the second top edge is directly connected to the transition area at a second point.

17. The package of claim 16 , wherein a distance from a first end of the bottom edge to the peak is longer than a distance from a second end of the bottom edge to the peak.

18. The package of claim 13 , wherein the dough piece, when in an unrolled state, the dough piece includes a bottom edge, two side edges directly connected to the bottom edge, and two angled top edges directly connected at a peak, with one of the two side edges being directly connected to one of the two angled top edges while another of the two side edges is only connected to another of the two angled top edges through a transition area, wherein the peak is not centered along the bottom edge.

19. The package of claim 13 , further comprising a filling in each roll.

20. The package of claim 13 , wherein each roll is a crescent roll.

Assignees

• Gen Mills Inc

Inventors

• Langenfeld Roberta M
• Gale Anna
• Heyda Benjamin R
• Gustafson Craig E

Classifications

• A21D13/30 Primary

  Filled, to be filled or stuffed products (multi-layered products with fillings A21D13/14, A21D13/19) · CPC title

• A21C3/10

  combined with dough-dividing apparatus · CPC title

• A21C5/00

  Dough-dividing machines · CPC title

• A21C9/00

  Other apparatus for handling dough or dough pieces · CPC title

• A21C9/061

  Making continuous filled tubular products, e.g. with subsequent cutting · CPC title