Moulding Apparatus
AssigneeMoffat Pty Limited
InventorPaul Eaton Willett
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Abstract
An apparatus for moulding and proving dough, including a pair of sheet rollers for providing a dough strip to a dough moulder, a means for engaging and disengaging a retractable dough divider, the retractable dough divider when engaged separates the dough into dough portions as its exits the dough moulder and a prover for recovering the dough portions. Also disclosed is a dough moulder for a strip of dough including a conveyor having a first run spaced below a curling mat to curl the dough strip; the curling mat resting on at least the first run of the conveyor, the curling mat having a raised section which does not contact the first run.
Claims27
An apparatus for moulding and proving dough including at least one pair of sheeting rollers for providing a dough strip to a dough moulder of a required thickness;
- a dough moulder for rolling the dough strip;
- a means for engaging and disengaging a retractable dough divider, the retractable dough divider when engaged, separating dough into dough portions as it exits the dough moulder;
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- a prover for recovering the dough portions.
A dough moulder for a strip of dough including
- a conveyor having a first run spaced below a curling mat to curl the dough strip;
- the curling mat resting on at least the first run of the conveyor, the curling mat having a raised section which does not contact the first run.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.