Rotary dough shaper with adjustable back plate assembly
OwnerWashington I. McGilveryinventor
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Abstract
A rotary dough shaper including a drive assembly, a support assembly, and a rolling assembly. The rolling assembly comprises a gauging drum having an external surface and an adjustable back plate having an internal surface. The support assembly supports the gauging drum and the adjustable back plate such that a rolling gap is formed therebetween, and the gauging drum is rotatably coupled to the support assembly such that the gauging drum rotates with respect to the support assembly to roll a dough ball between the adjustable back plate and the gauging drum.
Claims20
A rotary dough shaper comprising:
- a drive assembly;
- a support assembly;
- and
- a rolling assembly comprising:
- a gauging drum having an external surface;
- and
- an adjustable back plate having an internal surface, wherein
- the support assembly supports the gauging drum and the adjustable back plate such that a rolling gap is formed therebetween, and
- the gauging drum is rotatably coupled to the support assembly such that the gauging drum rotates with respect to the support assembly to roll a dough ball between the adjustable back plate and the gauging drum.
A support assembly for an adjustable back plate of a rotary dough shaper comprising:
- an adjusting box assembly, and
- a back plate mount, wherein
- the adjusting box assembly and the back plate mount are configured to adjust a size of a rolling gap between the adjustable back plate and a gauging roller to change a shape of a dough ball rolling between the adjustable back plate and the gauging roller in the rolling gap.
A method of rolling a dough ball in preparations for baking dough comprising:
- placing the dough ball at the top of a rotating gauging drum such that it enters a rolling gap between a gauging drum and an adjustable back plate at a lip;
- causing the dough ball to roll between the gauging drum and the adjustable back plate;
- and
- retrieving the dough ball from a nip between the adjustable back plate and the gauging drum, wherein
- a distance between the gauging drum and the adjustable back plate is constant or varies along a production direction between the lip and the nip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.