Rotary dough molding machine
OwnerSnorre Krogh Biehe, Hans Henrik Jochumsen +2inventors
InventorsSnorre Krogh Biehe, Hans Henrik Jochumsen, Tomas Eg Kjersgaard, Stefan Jiraschek
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Abstract
A rotary dough molding machine (10). The machine has a frame (6), a die roller (4) rotatably mounted to the frame (6), a knife (3) for scraping dough from the die roller (4), the knife (3) extending along the die roller (4), and a driver for moving the knife (3) between a scraping position and an inactive position, with the driver having a first drive (1) acting on the first end (31) of the knife (3) and a second drive (2) acting on the second end (32) of the knife (3). The first drive (1) and the second drive (2) can be actuated independently of each other.
Claims15
Rotary dough molding machine, comprising:
- a frame;
- a die roller rotatably mounted to the frame;
- a knife configured to scrape dough from the die roller, said knife extending along the die roller;
- a driver configured to move the knife between a scraping position and an inactive position, the driver comprising a first drive acting on a first end of the knife and a second drive acting on a second end of the knife, wherein the first drive and the second drive are configured to control position of the knife relative to the die roller;
- a first sensor configured to detect loading acting on the first end of the knife;
- a second sensor configured to detect loading acting on the second of the knife;
- and
- a control device that is in communication with the first drive and the second drive, wherein the first and second drives are configured to be actuated independently with respect to one another by the control device automatically or in dependence of commands generated by means of a human interface;
- wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are in communication with the control device, wherein the control device is configured to control the first and second drives and control position of the knife relative to the die roller in dependence of values measured by the first and second sensors.
Method for dough molding, comprising:
- providing a rotary dough molding machine including
- a frame,
- a die roller rotatably mounted to the frame,
- a knife configured to scrape dough from the die roller, said knife extending along the die roller;
- and a driver configured to move the knife between a scraping position and an inactive position, the driver comprising a first drive acting on the first end of the knife and a second drive acting on the second end of the knife, wherein the first drive and the second drive are configured to control position of the knife relative to the die roller,
- a first sensor configured to detect loading acting on the first end of the knife,
- a second sensor configured to detect loading acting on the second of the knife, and
- a control device that is in communication with the first drive, the second drive, the first sensor, and the second sensor, wherein the first and second drives are configured to be actuated independently with respect to one another by the control device automatically or in dependence of commands generated by means of a human interface;
- and
- operating the control device to adjust position of the knife relative to the die roller, wherein position of the first end of the knife and position of the second end of the knife are adjusted independently with respect to one another in dependence of values measured by the first and second sensors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.