US 4,770,619 AGranted

Rolling apparatus for forming a continuous strip of dough or a similar plastic material

AssigneeMachinefabriek C. Rijkaart B.V.

InventorCornelis Rijkaart

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Abstract

Rolling apparatus comprising two rollers (FIG. 1) or (FIG. 2) disposed horizontally adjacent to each other, one roller of which has a rough surface. Above the gap between these rollers is a stock holder with an open bottom end. Dough placed in the holder falls onto the rollers and is conveyed by the roller through the gap, so that a strip of dough leaves the gap. Disposed below the gap is a third roller which is parallel to the two top rollers. Rotatably mounted on the periphery of the roller are a number of rolls. The strip of dough goes from the gap through a gap between the bottom roller and the top roller (FIG. 1) or (FIG. 2), which is preferably a roller of the same type as the bottom roller, opposite the top roller with rough surface, so that the rolls make the strip of dough thinner, while retaining its structure.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for continuously rolling dough or similar deformable materials into a continuous strip, said apparatus comprising:

a stock holder;
first and second rollers rotatably supported adjacent to each other beneath said stock holder to receive a deformable material therefrom and having generally parallel axes of rotation, said first roller having a rough surface to engage and thereby convey with said second roller material received from said holder through a gap between said first and second rollers;
a third roller rotatably supported underneath said gap to receive material deposited approximately vertically thereon by said first and second rollers through said gap, and having an axis of rotation generally parallel to the axes of rotation of said first and second rollers, said third roller including on its periphery a plurality of rotatably mounted rolls having axes approximately parallel to the axis of the third roller;
and
drive means for rotating said first, second and third rollers, the peripheral speed of said third roller being greater than the peripheral speed of said first and second rollers, and wherein
the distances between the peripheries of said first and second rollers and said rolls, and the speeds and directions of the drive means are such that a strip of the material is formed and conveyed first between the first and second rollers and then between the second roller and said rolls.

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