Abstract: The composition of the outer skin of a cream puff is disclosed, which comprises a cream custard layer and a pie layer, and is characterized by a double-layer composition in which said cream custard layer is wrapped in said pie layer. The composition of the outer skin of a cream puff further comprises pieces of rod-shaped solid margarine for improvements in crunchy feeling of the cream puff when eaten, because those pieces create bubbles in the outer skin even after baking process. The addition of the pieces of rod-shaped margarine to the pie mixture prevents as a kind of adhesive property the outer skin from falling apart when eaten.

Abstract: There is provided a locking device for a transfer feeder which can certainly lock transfer bars at desired positions so that the transfer bars and their driving portions will never initiate motion unexpectedly. The locking device includes a plurality of engaging plates secured to a feed carrier and an equalizer bar provided in lifting/clamping mechanism and formed with a plurality of engaging holes respectively aligned in longitudinal direction with regular intervals, and a plurality of locking pins secured on a plurality of portions of a press main body in opposition to the engaging plates and movable in axial and lateral directions by means of driving devices for engagement with respective one of the engaging holes.