Food dough rounding device and rounding method
AssigneeRheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsumichi Higuchi, Shoji Machida
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Abstract
Provided is a rounding device that rounds a food dough using a pair of shaping plates (11, 13), the device being provided with the following: a conveying device (9) that conveys a food dough (7); and the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) disposed on the upper surface of the conveying device (9) so as to extend along the conveying direction (R) of the conveying device. The rounding device is characterized in that at least one of the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) has recessed holding-dough parts (17, 21).
Claims3
A process of rounding food-dough pieces (7) by moving a pair of shaping plates (11, 13) along a moving locus, wherein the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) is arranged and extend along a conveying direction of the food-dough pieces (7) and wherein at least one of the shaping plates (11, 13) is provided with a concave forming face on the inside that is opposite another shaping plate, the process comprising the steps of:
- (a) laterally pressing and holding the food-dough pieces (7) on a conveying device (9) by causing the shaping plates (11, 13) to approach each other;
- (b) rounding the food-dough pieces (7) by moving the shaping plates (11, 13) opposite each other along the conveying direction during or after the approaching motions of the shaping plates (11, 13) take place;
- (c) releasing the food-dough pieces (7) by retracting the shaping plates (11, 13) from each other during or after the rounding process after the approaching motions of the shaping plates (11, 13) end;
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- (d) carrying out the above steps (a), (b), and (c) one or more times.
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