Apparatus for dispensing dough

An apparatus for dividing and delivering plastic material in discrete portions, said apparatus comprising:

• a housing for receiving a working amount of said plastic material,
• a shaft having a first axis, and means for mounting said shaft in said housing,
• a first wall on said housing, said first wall being curved on a first radius generated from said first axis,
• said first wall forming a plurality of apertures therethough, extending axially over a portion of said first wall,
• a generally cylindrical member said member being mounted for eccentric rotation on said shaft so that;
• said member is rotatable about said first axis, so that a portion of the curved surface of said member traverses said apertures and is in intimate association with a surface of said wall defining said apertures for pressing said amount for separating said portions from said working amount;
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• means for rotating said cylinder about said first axis for traversing said apertures,
• a surface of said member defining a knife edge extending axially along a surface of said member such that said knife edge is in said intimate association with the wall defining the apertures as said member traverses the apertures.