Apparatus for forming a flat piece of dough from a dough body
AssigneeJohan Hendrik Bernard Kaak
InventorCurinus Cornelis Vrouwenvelder
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Abstract
Apparatus for forming a flat piece of dough from a dough body, wherein the dough body is conveyed with a conveying velocity to a roller for flattening by the roller. Before the piece of dough reaches the roller the conveying means is accelerated to a higher conveying speed by adjustable driving means, as a result of which the orientation of the piece of dough vis-a-vis the roller is corrected by the inertia of the piece of dough at the moment the piece of dough strikes the roller.
Claims11
Apparatus for forming a flat piece of dough from a discrete dough body, said apparatus comprising:
- a first dough conveying means for conveying the discrete dough body, said first dough conveying means having a downstream end;
- a roller for applying pressure to the discrete dough body for forming it into a flat piece of dough, said roller being disposed near the downstream end of the first dough conveying means,
- a sensor for detecting the presence of a discrete dough body on the conveying means at a predetermined distance upstream of the roller;
- a further dough conveying means for conveying the flat piece of dough, said further dough conveying means being positioned in series with and downstream of the first dough conveying means;
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- driving means for driving the first dough conveying means to convey the dough body to said predetermined distance upstream of the roller at a conveying velocity and then to convey the discrete dough body from said predetermined distance upstream of the roller to the roller at an accelerated velocity which is greater than said conveying velocity whereby the discrete dough body is oriented by its contact with the roller at said accelerated velocity.
Apparatus for forming a flat piece of dough from a discrete dough body, said apparatus comprising:
- a first dough conveying means for conveying the discrete dough body, said first dough conveying means having a downstream end;
- a driven roller for applying pressure to the dough for forming it into a flat piece of dough, said roller being disposed near the downstream end of the first dough conveying means, said roller having a peripheral velocity;
- a sensor for detecting the presence of a discrete dough body on the first dough conveying means at a predetermined distance upstream of the roller;
- a further dough conveying means for conveying the flat piece of dough, said further dough conveying means being positioned in series with and downstream of the first dough conveying means;
- and,
- driving means for driving the first dough conveying means to convey the dough body to said predetermined distance upstream of the roller at a first conveying velocity which is no greater than said peripheral velocity of the roller and then to convey the dough body from said predetermined distance upstream of the roller to the roller at an accelerated velocity which is greater than said peripheral velocity of the roller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.