Dough mixer
AssigneeHouse Food Industrial Company Limited
InventorsMasaaki Tanaka, Tomio Sugimoto
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Abstract
A dough mixer has a dough material feeding inlet and a dough discharging outlet at upper and lower portions of a housing, in which a mixing member is disposed. The dough mixer further includes at least one metal shutter member for opening and closing the dough material feeding inlet and the dough discharging outlet, and a guide rail member contacting of the at least one of metal shutter member for guiding motion of the shutter member through an established motion path, the guide rail member being formed of a synthetic resin. The at least one shutter member for removing a dough material in the motion path of the shutter expels compressed air at its tip.
Claims13
A dough mixer comprising:
- a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, a dough material feeding inlet at said upper portion, and a dough discharging outlet at said lower portion;
- at least one metal shutter member for opening and closing said inlet and said outlet, said at least one metal shutter member having opposed upper and lower surfaces, opposed side edges, and a tip;
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- a guide rail member contacting said at least one metal shutter member for guiding motion of said at least one metal shutter member through an established motion path to open and close said inlet and said outlet, said guide rail member being formed of a synthetic resin;
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- wherein said at least one metal shutter member includes means provides at said tip for removing dough material in the motion path thereof.
A dough mixer comprising:
- a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion, a dough material feeding inlet at said upper portion, and a dough discharging outlet at said lower portion;
- a shutter member movable between and open position and a closed position relative to one of said inlet and said outlet for selectively opening and closing said one of said inlet and said outlet, said shutter member having opposed upper and lower surfaces, opposed side edges, and a leading edge;
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- guide rail means for slidably guiding motion of said shutter member along a path of motion between said open and closed positions, said guide rail means having a low fraction coefficient, being hard-wearing, high-impact, flexible, chemical-resistant, workable, sanitary, and non-susceptible to water;
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- wherein said shutter member includes means provided at said leading edge for removing dough material remaining in the path of motion of said shutter member as said shutter member is guided by said guide rail means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.