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US 5,701,806 AGranted
Installation for the preparation of bread dough portions
OwnerEulalia Puig Martinezinventor
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Abstract
An installation for the preparation of bread dough portions includes a pre-fermentation chamber and a bread stick forming machine disposed on the chamber. The chamber and machine are joined by a conveyance mechanism that includes a lifting device, a lower conveyor that moves the bread dough portions from the outlet of the chamber to the start of the lifting device and an upper conveyor that starts at the end of the lifting device and moves the bread dough portions to the inlet opening of the machine. The lifting device can be made of conveyor belts or a scoop chain.
Claims17
An installation for the preparation of bread dough portions, comprising:
- a bread dough portion pre-fermentation chamber having an outlet opening for dispensing bread dough portions;
- a bread dough stick forming machine having an inlet opening for receiving the bread dough portions, said forming machine being disposed on said pre-fermentation chamber;
- a conveyance mechanism that conveys the bread dough portions from the outlet opening of the chamber to the inlet of the forming machine, the mechanism including a bread dough portion lifting device that has a first end below the chamber outlet opening and a second end approximately at the height of the inlet opening of the forming machine, a lower conveyor conveys the bread dough portions from the outlet opening of the chamber to the first end of the lifting device, and an upper conveyor that has a first end adjacent to the second end of the lifting device and has a second end adjacent to the inlet opening of the forming machine, wherein the lifting device comprises at least one of conveyor belts and a vertical scoop chain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.