Synchronized press for bakery products
OwnerGeorge A. Schultzinventor
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Abstract
A synchronized press and method for forming bakery products. A press plate presses a portion of bakery product ingredients against a rotatable disc in a continuous motion. A conveyor belt deposits portions of the bakery product ingredients on the disc at timed intervals. A gearing mechanism synchronizes the movement of the press plate and disc so that the horizontal speed of the press plate is substantially equivalent to the angular speed of the disc. The gearing mechanism also synchronizes the deposit of bakery product ingredients on the disc.
Claims14
Apparatus for forming a bakery product comprising:
- a horizontal press plate revolving about a fixed horizontal axis whose horizontal component of motion is wholly linear;
- a press disc for receiving portions of bakery product ingredients thereon rotatable at an angular speed about a substantially vertical axis;
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- means for synchronizing movement of said press plate and said press disc whereby said press plate presses said portion of bakery product ingredients against said press disc and said horizontal component of motion of said press plate is substantially equivalent to said angular speed of said press disc when said press plate is pressing against said portion of bakery product ingredients.
Apparatus for forming a bakery product comprising:
- first press means;
- second press means for receiving a portion of bakery product ingredients thereon rotatable in a substantially horizontal plane and about a fixed and substantially vertical axis;
- means for synchronizing movement of said first press means and said second press means whereby said first press means presses said portion of bakery product ingredients against said second press means, said first press means travelling only in a substantially circular path within a substantially vertical plane, and horizontal speed of said first press means is substantially equivalent to angular speed of said second press means when said press means presses said portion of said bakery product ingredients.
Apparatus for forming a bakery product, comprising:
- a substantially horizontal upper press plate moveable in a generally circular path in a vertical plane at a predetermined angular speed having both vertical and horizontal components;
- movable lower press means for receiving a portion of bakery product ingredients thereon;
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- means for synchronizing rotation of said upper press plate with movement of said lower press means whereby said vertical component of said upper press plate causes said press plate to press said portion of bakery product ingredients against said lower press means and whereby said horizontal speed of said upper press plate is substantially equivalent to tangential speed of said lower press means when said press means presses said portion of said bakery product ingredients.
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