Rounder bar
OwnerMichael J. Keenerinventor
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Abstract
A rounder bar for use with conventional dough manufacturing equipment is used to convert a piece of dough into a spherical dough ball. The rounder bar includes a contact face used to engage and shape the piece of dough. The contact face has a gradually varying height and radius to form a compression section proximate the first end of the bar and a rounding section proximate the second end of the bar. A bumpy texture and coating on the contact face prevent the dough from sticking to the rounder bar.
Claims7
A rounder bar for forming pieces of dough in cooperation with a machine having a conveyor, comprising:
- an elongate body having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom, said body additionally defining an overhanging contact face extending generally from proximate said first side and said bottom of said body toward said second side and said top of said body, said body defining a vertical cross-section of varying size as said contact face extends from said first end toward said second end, said contact face formed by a rigid underbody covered by a non-stick layer, said underbody defining a textured surface defining a plurality of extremities and a plurality of recesses, said recesses having a depth of between approximately 0.005 inches and approximately 0.050 inches and said non-stick layer having a thickness between approximately 0.010 inches and approximately 0.015 inches, each of said plurality of extremities is spaced from an adjacent extremity by approximately 0.05 inches and said plurality of extremities comprise parallel ridges.
A rounder bar for forming pieces of dough in cooperation with a machine having a conveyor, comprising:
- an elongate body having a first end, a second end, a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom, said body additionally defining an overhanging contact face extending generally from proximate said first side and said bottom of said body, said body defining a vertical cross-section of varying size as said contact face extends from said first end toward said second end, said contact face formed by a rigid underbody covered by a non-stick layer, said underbody defining a textured surface defining a plurality of extremities and a plurality of recesses, said plurality of recesses having a depth of between approximately 0.005 inches and 0.050 inches/and said plurality of extremities comprising parallel ridges.
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