Dale E. Weaver;Alan E. Hairsine;Jason W. Mathews;Ted A. Kurpgeweit
发明人:
Alan E. Hairsine,Jason W. Mathews,Ted A. Kurpgeweit,Dale E. Weaver
申请号：
US12842233
公开号：
US08475858B2
申请日:
2010.07.23
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention includes methods and devices for mass producing cooked, cooled egg products having a grill fried egg appearance. One device includes a portion for positioning whole, intact, shelled eggs positioned laterally across and above a cooking mold conveyor, and a portion for cracking the eggshells and depositing the eggs into cooking molds on the conveyor. Some devices and methods include an egg yolk splitter for rupturing the egg yolk sac to deposit a whole egg having a ruptured egg yolk into each mold. Other devices and methods include irregular shaped egg molds for providing a mass produced cooked egg having a natural, irregular shaped outlines and/or surfaces. Devices and methods according to the present invention can be used to produce irregular, outlined shaped cooked egg products including whole eggs, formulated eggs, or eggs made from scrambled egg mixes. The pre-cooked eggs can be delivered pathogen free to fast food establishments and reheated for consumers in less time than required to cook the egg.
