Machine for rounding pieces of dough
OwnerAntonio Cimentiinventor
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Abstract
A machine for rounding pieces of dough including a circular basin (10) on the inside of which is arranged a mobile component (21) having respective truncated conical circumferential surfaces (13, 24) which taper in opposite directions to form a concave annular cavity (V) for receiving a piece of dough (M). The respective conical surfaces are provided with grooves (131, 241). The mobile component (21) is rotatably driven while at the same time being cyclically shifted radially by activating device (15) so as to progressively round the dough pieces. A cover (C) is provided on the basin (10) and includes a feeding conduit (A), and a cylindrical band (32) which includes a projecting part (33) coinciding with a cutout (16) in annular wall (12) so as to form a discharge conduit (E) for processed pieces of dough (M).
Claims7
A dough processing machine for rounding pieces of dough, said machine comprising:
- a base including a horizontal wall, an annular projection having an annular conical surface extending upwardly and outwardly from a peripheral portion of said horizontal wall, and a plurality of grooves formed in said annular conical surface and extending longitudinally along a conical generator of said annular conical surface;
- an activating device mounted on a central portion of said horizontal wall of said base;
- an outwardly tapered truncated member rotatably mounted on said activating device, said truncated member having a horizontal plate, an annular conical portion extending downwardly and outwardly from a peripheral edge of said horizontal plate, and a plurality of grooves formed in an outer surface of said annular conical portion and extending longitudinally along a conical generator of said annular conical portion,
- wherein said annular conical surface of said base and said annular conical portion of said truncated member converge towards each other to define a concave annular processing course,
- an initial section of said annular processing course extends for approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of the total processing course length, and
- a selected number of said grooves formed in said annular conical surface of said base, in said initial section, have a width and a depth which is greater than that of the other of said grooves formed in interior surfaces of said concave annular processing course;
- at least one elastically deformable braking component having a first end fixedly secured to an upper circumferential edge of said annular projection, said braking component extending from said upper circumferential edge of said annular member into said concave annular processing course;
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- a cover detachably mounted on said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.