APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BAKED WAFFLE CONE SHEETS

• Main Authors: CUSANI, Francesco, TETRADIS-MAIRIS, Georgios, ROMERO CUEVAS, Yainy, Patricia
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.09.2023
• Subjects: BAKERS' OVENS; BAKERY PRODUCTS; BAKING; EDIBLE DOUGHS; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR BAKING; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; PRESERVATION THEREOF; TREATMENT, e.g. PRESERVATION, OF FLOUR OR DOUGH, e.g. BYADDITION OF MATERIALS

An apparatus for automatically preparing baked waffle cone sheets, for use in preparing a waffle cone to be filled with a frozen confectionery product, from waffle cone batter, the apparatus comprising a baking station, the baking station comprising a plurality of baking plate locations onto which the waffle cone batter is to be deposited, each baking plate location comprising an essentially planar baking surface comprising a characteristic waffle region comprising a first array of parallel linear grooves, so as to produce a characteristic waffle pattern in the baked waffle sheet from the resulting parallel linear protrusions in the baked waffle sheet; wherein each baking plate location also comprises a graphical region, the graphical region being located within the characteristic waffle region and comprising grooves corresponding to a graphical image, and also comprising at least one linear groove, each linear groove being contiguous with, dimensionally similar to and collinear with a groove in the characteristic waffle region, and wherein the spacing density of grooves in the graphical region is less than that in the surrounding characteristic waffle region.