Sheeting of biscuit dough
AssigneeBaker Perkins Holdings Limited
InventorPeter A. Taylor
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Abstract
The feed of a sheet of biscuit dough via gauge rollers to cutting apparatus is automatically adjusted to compensate for variations in the thickness of the sheet emerging from the gauge rollers, by measuring the power consumed by or the torque applied to an electrical drive unit driving the gauge rollers, producing an electrical signal proportional to the measured power or torque, and utilizing the signal to adjust the feed of the sheet and correct over- or under-feed to the gauge rollers.
Claims4
An apparatus for supplying a sheet of biscuit dough having a predetermined and uniform thickness to a cutting apparatus, the apparatus including a pair of gauge rollers which are spaced apart a predetermined amount and form a nip therebetween through which the sheet of biscuit dough passes;
- a pair of feed rollers between which the sheet of biscuit dough passes before entering the nip between the gauge rollers;
- a first electrical drive unit connected to the gauge rollers to cause them to rotate;
- a second electrical drive unit connected to the feed rollers to cause them to rotate;
- a transducer connected to the first drive unit for measuring the power consumed thereby and for providing an electrical signal representative thereof;
- and electrical control means connected between the transducer and the second electrical drive unit to cause the second electrical drive unit to rotate the feed rollers at a suitable speed based on the deviation of the electrical signal from the transducer from a desired value.
An apparatus for supplying a sheet of biscuit dough having a predetermined and uniform thickness to a cutting apparatus, the apparatus including a pair of gauge rollers which are spaced apart a predetermined amount and form a nip therebetween through which the sheet of biscuit dough passes;
- a pair of feed rollers between which the sheet of biscuit dough passes before entering the nip between the gauge rollers;
- a first electrical drive unit connected to the gauge rollers to cause them to rotate;
- a second electrical drive unit connected to the feed rollers to cause them to rotate;
- means for generating an electrical signal representing the torque applied to the gauge rollers;
- first means for comparing the measured value of the torque with a pre-settable reference level;
- and second means for effecting a compensating adjustment of the second electrical drive unit driving the feed rollers upon departure of the measured torque from the reference level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.