Method for aligning and bending individual round elongated dough pieces
AssigneeRheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichio Morikawa, Torahiko Hayashi, Nobuyuki Saito
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Abstract
A device (24) for aligning with a feeding line (8) of a moving transfer conveyor (3) and for bending a round elongated dough piece (13) randomly placed on the moving transfer conveyor for transfer, comprising a pair of stoppers (26, 26) symmetrically arranged in a funnel-shape above the moving transfer conveyor (3) so that the dough piece (13) can be moved to a central position between the stoppers (26) and (26). The stoppers are rotatable to bend the dough piece (13) and movable to release it on the moving transfer conveyor.
Claims7
A method for aligning a round elongated dough piece with a feeding line of a transfer conveyor, comprising the steps of:
- moving the transfer conveyor so as to transfer the round elongated dough piece placed randomly thereon;
- arranging a pair of stoppers above the transfer conveyor such that the stoppers are symmetrically inclined with respect to the feeding line so as to block the round elongated dough piece, thereby causing the round elongated dough piece to roll on the moving transfer conveyor and move transversely onto the feeding line;
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- moving the stoppers to their releasing position so that the dough piece is not blocked by the stoppers on the transfer conveyor.
A method for aligning with a feeding line of a transfer conveyor and bending a round elongated dough piece, comprising the steps of:
- moving the transfer conveyor so as to transfer the round elongated dough piece placed randomly thereon;
- arranging a pair of stoppers above the transfer conveyor such that the stoppers are symmetrically inclined with respect to the feeding line so as to block the round elongated dough piece, thereby causing the dough piece to roll on the moving transfer conveyor and move transversely onto the feeding line;
- holding the dough piece at its central portion;
- moving the stoppers inwardly to bend the dough piece;
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- moving the stoppers to release the dough piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.