Dough dividing device and dough processing plant having such a dough dividing device

A dough dividing device, comprising:

• a housing;
• a feed chamber for feeding dough;
• a delivery chamber which is arranged downstream of and in delivery communication with the feed chamber;
• at least one measuring chamber which is arranged downstream of the delivery chamber;
• a delivery piston which is arranged in a displaceably driven manner inside the delivery chamber for delivering dough from the feed chamber to the at least one measuring chamber,
• wherein in an extended delivery position a face of the delivery piston is arranged in a passage chamber between the delivery chamber and the at least one measuring chamber, the passage chamber being delimited by a passage-chamber wall which extends circumferentially around the face of the delivery piston;
• and
• at least one degassing channel, for degassing the at least one measuring chamber, which in the extended delivery position of the delivery piston is arranged between the face of the delivery piston and the passage-chamber wall and creates a gas connection between the at least one measuring chamber and a surrounding area.