Heated die plate for making extruded pasta shapes
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1. An extrusion die plate for forming shaped alimentary pastes, said plate being formed with a plurality of orifices, each defined respectively by a surface;
- wherein said die plate comprises means for heating said plate;
wherein a portion of said surface of each of said orifices of said die plate has a coating thereon and wherein another portion of said surface of each of said orifices is uncoated,such that heat transfer to a paste being extruded through said orifices is substantially inhibited within said portion of said surfaces of each said orifices having the coating and heating of said paste occurs substantially only in the uncoated portion of said surface of each of said orifices.
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An apparatus for forming extruded pasta shapes. The apparatus is a die plate having a plurality of orifices wherein the die plate is heated, e.g., to a temperature of at least about 130° F. (about 54° C.), and preferably about 160° F. (about 71° C.) A coating is provided on only a portion of the interior surface of each orifice such that heat transfer to the paste is substantially inhibited in a given orifice until the cross section of the orifice has reached its smallest value.
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1. An extrusion die plate for forming shaped alimentary pastes, said plate being formed with a plurality of orifices, each defined respectively by a surface;
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wherein said die plate comprises means for heating said plate; wherein a portion of said surface of each of said orifices of said die plate has a coating thereon and wherein another portion of said surface of each of said orifices is uncoated, such that heat transfer to a paste being extruded through said orifices is substantially inhibited within said portion of said surfaces of each said orifices having the coating and heating of said paste occurs substantially only in the uncoated portion of said surface of each of said orifices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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