Forming cup for torroid forming machine

A reinforced, molded plastic forming cup for an automated dough torroid-forming apparatus, the cup having a forming surface that is durable in a commercial dough forming environment and which does not require a non-stick coating to prevent dough from sticking to the surface, comprising:

• two molded plastic upper closures, each including a hinge pin and an upper dough torroid forming surface;
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• a reinforced bottom cup base comprising a rigid interior subframe and a molded plastic outer body portion, said outer body portion including a bottom dough torroid forming surface, said subframe providing structural stiffness and durability to said reinforced bottom cup section;
• wherein said reinforced bottom cup section includes hinge pin retaining slots into which said hinge pins are rotatably mounted so that said upper closures may be rotated from an open position for depositing dough inside the forming cup into a closed position in which said upper dough torroid forming surfaces and said bottom dough torroid forming surface are adjacent to one another to make a substantially fully cylindrical dough torroid forming surface.

A reinforced, molded plastic forming cup for an automated dough torroid-forming apparatus, the cup having a forming surface that is durable in a commercial dough forming environment and which does not require a non-stick coating to prevent dough from adhering to the surface, comprising:

• at least one molded plastic closure having a durable first molded non-stick partial torroid forming surface;
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• a reinforced cup section comprising a substantially rigid subframe and a molded plastic body portion that is in contact with said subframe, said plastic body portion including a durable second molded non-stick partial torroid forming surface, said subframe providing structural stiffness to said reinforced cup section;
• said at least one closure being hingedly mounted to said reinforced cup section;
• wherein said at least one closure may be rotated from an open position for depositing dough inside the forming cup to a closed position in which said first partial torroid forming surface and said second partial torroid forming surface are closed together to form a complete torroid forming surface, and wherein said molded plastic forming surface is free of any additional non-stick coating that is subject to wear after repeated forming of dough torroids.