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US 4,306,850 AGranted
Rounder bars
AssigneeAMF Incorporated
InventorDonald L. Cummins
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Abstract
A rounder bar with a biased flexible foot portion responsive to surface irregularities of a conveyor for maintaining a continuous contact with the conveyor along the full length of the rounder bar.
Claims6
A rounder bar for use with an endless conveyor of dough make-up equipment, comprising
- body means having a concave surface forming a working face for cooperation with the conveyor to define a pocket for dough to be formed,
- said body means having a slot open at the bottom along the full length of said rounder bar, and
- flexible means coextensive with said rounder bar and being connected to said body means,
- said flexible means disposed in said slot and extending therefrom forming an exposed foot portion providing a sharp flexible contact edge and being capable of localized movement responsive to irregularities in the surface of the conveyor for maintaining a continuous wiper contact with the conveyor along the full length of said rounder bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.