Method for producing stuffed food and corresponding unit

Abstract

A method for producing stuffed food(s), each stuffed food having an outer envelope in a first food product, and an inner stuffing in a second food product. The method includes the steps of providing a sheet of the first food product, and a roller of the second food product, and winding the sheet around the roller.

1 . A method for producing stuffed food(s), each stuffed food comprising an outer envelope in a first food product, and an inner stuffing in a second food product, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
 providing a sheet of the first food product, and a roller of the second food product,   winding the sheet around the roller,   cutting the roller and the sheet wound around the roller into segments, at least one of the segments forming a stuffed food, and   driving the stuffed foods with respective driving belts which move away from each other.   
     
     
         2 . The production method according to  claim 1 , wherein the cutting step is ensured by a water jet. 
     
     
         3 . The production method according to  claim 1 , wherein the roller extends along an axis and, during the winding step, the sheet of the first food product and the roller of the second food product are introduced between a first belt and a second belt, the first and second belts having a relative movement with respect to each other with a velocity having a component oriented perpendicularly to the axis of the roll. 
     
     
         4 . The production method according to  claim 3 , wherein the first belt is a lower driving belt and the second belt is an upper rolling belt, which is flexible and suspended above the first belt. 
     
     
         5 . The production method according to  claim 4 , wherein the second belt is suspended to a suspension device, said suspension device comprising:
 a tie to which is attached an upstream end of the second belt, and   a plurality of tubes, each freely mounted on a bar with a diameter less than half the inner diameter of the tube, so that each tube is lifted up and rolls on the second belt when the roller and the sheet wound around pass under said tube.   
     
     
         6 . The production method according to  claim 3 , wherein a portion of the second belt is in contact with the first belt. 
     
     
         7 . The production method according to  claim 1 , wherein the first food product is meat. 
     
     
         8 . The production method according to  claim 7 , wherein the first food product is ham. 
     
     
         9 . The production method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second food product comprises cheese. 
     
     
         10 . The production method according to  claim 9 , wherein the second food product is soft cheese. 
     
     
         11 . A production unit for producing stuffed food(s), each stuffed food comprising an outer envelope in a first food product, and an inner stuffing in a second food product, wherein the production unit comprises:
 a first food product provider for providing the sheet of the first food product,   a second food product provider for providing the roller of the second food product,   a winding station for winding the sheet around the roller,   a cutter for cutting the roller and the sheet wound around the roller into a plurality of segments, each segment forming a stuffed food, and   a plurality of driving belts each specific to a stuffed food, the driving belts diverging from each other.   
     
     
         12 . The production unit according to  claim 11 , wherein the cutter is a water jet cutter. 
     
     
         13 . The production unit according to  claim 11 , wherein the winding station comprises a first and a second belt, said belts having a relative movement with respect to each other. 
     
     
         14 . The production unit according to  claim 13 , wherein the first belt is a lower driving belt and the second belt is an upper rolling belt, which is flexible and suspended above the first belt.