Apparatus for forming dough
OwnerHelmut Koniginventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for flattening and, if desired, rolling of portioned dough pieces has a head machine that delivers dough pieces to conveyor belts by which the dough pieces are conveyed to a first endless running belt. This belt constitutes the support for a flattening station that flattens the dough pieces. By this first endless running belt the dough pieces are conveyed to a further endless running belt disposed below the first band said second band conveying the dough pieces back again towards the head machine. Thereby the overall length of the apparatus is shortened. The two belts constitute a further processing station for the dough pieces. If the two belts run with the same speed, the dough pieces are further flattened or, if the two belts show different speeds, the dough pieces are rolled.
Claims25
Apparatus for forming portioned dough pieces comprising:
- a first endless running belt having a carrying run which travels in a first direction;
- endless conveyor means for conveying portioned dough pieces from a dough portioning device onto said first endless running belt;
- forming means disposed above a downstream end of said first endless running belt for forming dough pieces on said first endless running belt;
- a second endless running belt disposed in parallel relation below said first endless running belt, said second endless running belt having a carrying run travelling in a second generally opposite direction to said first endless running belt, said first endless running belt transferring said portioned dough pieces onto said second running belt at an upstream end of second running belt, said first endless running belt having a lower run which cooperates with said carry run of said second endless running belt for further forming said dough pieces as said dough pieces travel along said second endless running belt;
- a base frame for supporting said first and second endless running belt;
- a swivel bearing mounted on said base frame, said swivel bearing having a vertical axis, said second endless running belt being swivel mounted on said swivel bearing for movement in a generally horizontal plane around said vertical axis between an operating position wherein said second endless running belt is disposed obliquely with respect to said first endless running belt, and a resting position wherein said second endless running belt extends substantially parallel to said first endless running belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.