US 12,465,068 B2
Method of extrusion and making random extruded products
Jorge C. Morales-Alvarez, Plano, TX (US); and V.N. Mohan Rao, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/625,444.
Application 18/625,444 is a division of application No. 15/475,975, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, abandoned.
Application 15/475,975 is a division of application No. 14/538,532, filed on Nov. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,669,574, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0245082 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A23L 7/17 (2016.01); A23L 7/10 (2016.01); A23L 7/117 (2016.01); A23L 11/00 (2021.01); A23P 30/20 (2016.01); A23P 30/34 (2016.01); B29C 48/25 (2019.01); B29C 48/30 (2019.01); B29C 48/40 (2019.01); B29C 48/405 (2019.01); B29C 48/00 (2019.01); B29C 48/04 (2019.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.01); B29C 48/68 (2019.01); B29C 48/92 (2019.01)
CPC A23L 7/198 (2016.08) [A23L 7/117 (2016.08); A23L 7/17 (2016.08); A23L 11/05 (2016.08); A23P 30/20 (2016.08); A23P 30/34 (2016.08); B29C 48/2566 (2019.02); B29C 48/301 (2019.02); B29C 48/402 (2019.02); B29C 48/405 (2019.02); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); B29C 48/0012 (2019.02); B29C 48/022 (2019.02); B29C 48/04 (2019.02); B29C 48/05 (2019.02); B29C 48/682 (2019.02); B29C 48/92 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92704 (2019.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making unique twisted collets comprising:
providing a composition comprising a first granular material consisting of corn meal having a particle size distribution between 200 microns and 1200 microns such that between about 5% and 10% of the corn meal have a particle size smaller than 300 microns;
feeding the composition into a single barrel that has more than one rotatable auger;
conveying the composition toward a die assembly through the more than one rotatable auger and through a transition piece having an interior flow path beginning adjacent to a downstream end of the augers and diverging to a wide output end, with the die assembly comprising a stator and a rotor with a die gap there between, wherein the stator comprises a stator head downstream of the more than one rotatable auger and a stationary plate surrounding the output end of the transition piece and wherein the rotor is a rotatable plate downstream from the stator, the wide output end of the transition piece in communication with the stationary plate; and,
expanding the composition within the die assembly to form the unique twisted collets having a bulk density ranging from about 3.0 to about 6.0 lbs/ft3.