Food wrapper apparatus

• US 4,953,455 A
• Filed: 02/29/1988
• Issued: 09/04/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: EFG Foods Incorporated
• Original Assignee: EFG Foods Incorporated
• Inventors: Figueras, Rosalino, Micko, George
• Primary Examiner(s): Simone, Timothy F.
• Application Number:
  US07/163,241
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 99/352, 99/353, 99/355, 99/450.1, 99/450.2, 99/450.4, 99/450.5, 99/450.6, 99/450.7, 425/383, 425/363, 425/373, 425/130, 426/501, 426/502, 426/516, 426/297, 426/373, 426/497, 426/512, 53/116, 53/514, 53/209, 53/215, 53/211, 53/516
• US Class Current: 99/450.6
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 9/063 Applying a folding, wrapping, rolling action A21C9/045, A21C9/061 take precedence

Abstract

A food wrapper apparatus is disclosed having a base mounted onto a work table, a support member mounted onto said base, an upper member mounted onto said support member, a roller road cooperating with a guiding film on said upper member for enclosing food with a food wrapper, and at least one cutter for cutting the fully enclosed food into multiple pieces which are accommodated in a pan beneath the base. The food being wrapper results in the rapid and efficient production of a delicacy, such as lumpia, egg roll, or the like.

Claims

1. A food wrapper apparatus, comprising:

a base means for mounting onto a work table;

a support member means for mounting onto said base means;

an upper member means for mounting onto said support member means;

a roller means for rolling on said support member means and for enclosing food with a food wrapping material entirely on said support member means; and

at least one cutting means operably coupled to said base means for cutting wrapped food into multiple pieces.

2. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a pan means for accommodating thereon said multiple pieces of wrapped food.

3. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 1, further comprising a guiding film for aiding in the wrapping of said food;

and

clip means for coupling said guiding film onto said upper member means.

4. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said base means comprises leg means for extending said base means over said pan means.

5. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 4, wherein a first portion of said cutting means is integrally coupled to said base means while a second portion of said cutting means is operably and removably joined to said support member means.

6. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 5, wherein said cutting means has a handling means resiliently coupled to said second portion of said cutting means.

7. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 6, wherein said upper member means has lower, middle and upper elongated slots passing therethrough for guiding said guiding film.

8. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 6, wherein said upper member means has an elongated member means coupled thereto beneath said middle elongated slot for coupling said guiding film onto said upper member means with at least one of said clip means.

9. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 8, wherein said upper member means has a partially u-shaped upper portion for coupling said guiding film thereto at least one of said clip means.

10. A food wrapper apparatus for enclosing a food wrapping material over a meat filling in order to produce at least one lumpia, comprising:

a base member means having legs for mounting onto a work table above a pan;

a support member means for mounting onto said base member means, wherein said support member means has an upper portion which is slanted;

an upper member means having elongated slots passing therethrough for guiding a film of material onto said upper member means, wherein said upper member means has a generally u-shaped upper portion which partially extends along the upper portion of said upper member means for mounting said film of material thereto;

at least one cutting means having a portion integrally coupled to said base member means and another portion operably and removably joined to said support member means, wherein said portion of said cutting means removably joined to said support member means has a handle means; and

first and second clip means coupled to said upper member means for coupling said film of material, wherein said first clip means is coupled to an elongated member integrally attached to said upper member means beneath at least one of said elongated slots, and wherein said second clip means is coupled adjacent to said u-shaped upper portion of said upper member means.

11. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 10, further comprising a roller rod means for operating said film of material in wrapping a food wrapper around food.

12. The food wrapper apparatus as in claim 11, wherein said food being wrapped is meat filling, and wherein a resulting wrapped food is lumpia.

13. A food wrapper apparatus, comprising:

a base means for mounting onto a work table;

a support member means for mounting onto said base means;

an upper member means for mounting onto said support member means;

a roller means for rolling on said support member means and for enclosing food with a food wrapping material;

at least one cutting means operably coupled to said base means for cutting wrapped food into multiplied pieces;

a guiding means which cooperates with said roller means for aiding in the wrapping of said food; and

means for coupling said guiding means onto said upper member means.