Dough rounder with adjustable rounding bowls
AssigneeBenier B.V.
InventorJohan Benier
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Abstract
A dough rounding machine provided with a vertical rounding drum and with a trough extending helically or spirally about the drum, said trough being composed of a bottom and a bowl spaced apart from the drum, while the bottom comprises flat bottom plate sections successive in helical direction, abutting the drum and attached to a frame surrounding the drum, while the bowl is composed of bowl sections likewise successive in helical direction and fixable on the bottom plate sections with variable distance to the drum, whereby each bowl section is designed as a wall plate which, with a bottom edge that completely abuts the bottom plate section, is movable over the bottom plate section towards and away from the drum with maintenance of said abutment.
Claims4
A dough rounding machine provided with a rounding drum which is rotatable about a substantially vertically oriented axis and furthermore being provided with a trough extending helically or spirally about the drum, said trough consisting of a bottom and a bowl spaced apart from the drum, said bottom comprising plate sections successive in helical direction, abutting the drum and attached to a frame surrounding the drum, while the bowl consists of bowl sections likewise successive in helical direction and fixable on the bottom plate sections with variable distance to the drum, characterized in that each bottom plate section is flat and each bowl section is designed as a wall plate which, with a bottom edge completely abutting the bottom plate section, is movable over the bottom plate section towards and away from the drum with maintenance of said abutment.
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