Process and device for shaping baker's dough pieces
AssigneeCampbell Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGlenn P. Campbell, Sterrett P. Campbell
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Abstract
Dough shaping devices for shaping baker's dough pieces include a pair of cooperating shaping members, such as concave rounder bars (27) placed over a surface conveyor (16). The concave surface of the rounder bars is formed with a metal base plate (45) that includes a concave dough shaping surface (46) formed of stainless steel. Metal particles are formed on the dough shaping surface by the sputtering of metal plasma, to form a roughened texture, and a slick material, such as a fluropolymer, is applied thereover, to form a grainy but slick surface against which the dough pieces move. The grainy surface retards sliding friction of the dough pieces, while the slick surface permits immediate release of the dough from the dough shaping surface.
Claims9
A dough shaping device for shaping baker's dough pieces as the dough pieces are moved in series along a dough processing path comprising:
- a dough moving means for urging the dough pieces to move along the dough processing path;
- a shaping member having a dough shaping surface juxtaposed said dough moving means for sequentially engaging the dough pieces as the dough pieces move in series along the processing path and for changing the shapes of the dough pieces;
- said dough shaping surface formed with a roughened textured surface and a slick fluropolymer coating covering said roughened textured surface so that when the dough pieces engage the shaping surface sliding motion between the dough pieces and the shaping surface is retarded, and when the dough pieces move away from the shaping surface the dough pieces tend to release from the shaping surface;
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- means for continuously driving said dough moving means with respect to said shaping member as the dough pieces move adjacent said dough shaping surface.
A process of shaping dough pieces as the dough pieces are moved in series along a processing path, comprising:
- moving the dough pieces along the processing path with a first member;
- as the dough pieces are moved by the first member, engaging the dough pieces with a dough shaping surface, with the dough shaping surface characterized by having a roughened textured surface and a slick fluropolymer coating covering said roughened textured surface to a thickness that is thin enough to leave a roughened textured surface on the dough shaping surface;
- retarding sliding movement of the dough pieces along the dough shaping surface with the roughened textured surface;
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- releasing the dough pieces with the slick fluropolymer coating as the dough pieces move away from the dough shaping surface.
A rounder bar for use with a surface conveyor of a baker's dough processing system for engaging dough pieces transported by the surface conveyor, comprising:
- a body having a concave working surface forming a dough engaging surface for cooperation with the conveyor to define an elongated pocket for engagement by dough pieces being transported by the surface conveyor.
- said concave working surface including a stainless steel base, a layer of sputtered plasma stainless steel particles applied to said base, and said base and said particles coated with a fluropolymer to a thickness thin enough for the particles to form a roughened surface on said concave working surface.
A dough shaping device for shaping baker's dough pieces as the dough pieces are moved along a dough processing path comprising:
- a dough moving means for urging the dough pieces to move along the dough processing path;
- a shaping member having a dough shaping surface juxtaposed said dough moving means for engaging the dough pieces as the dough pieces move along the processing path and for changing the shapes of the dough pieces;
- said dough shaping surface having a roughened textured surface and a fluropolymer coating covering said roughened textured surface to a thickness that is thin enough so that the roughened textured surface of the shaping surface forms a roughened textured surface in the coating, so that when the dough pieces engage the shaping surface sliding motion between the dough pieces and the shaping surface is retarded by the roughened textured surface of the coating, and when the dough pieces move away from the shaping surface the dough pieces tend to release from the coating;
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- means for driving said dough moving means and said shaping member with respect to each other as the dough pieces move adjacent said dough shaping surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.