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AssigneeRheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsMichio Morikawa, Katsumichi Higuchi, Akinori Takama, Shuya Sato, Akira Todate
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A rounding device for rounding food dough is provided with a conveyance device (9) which conveys the food dough (7) and a pair of forming plates (11, 13), which, on the upper face of the conveyance device (9), are arranged so as to extend along the conveyance direction (R) of the conveyance device (9). The forming plates (11, 13) at least opposed sloped surfaces (18B, 22B). The sloped surfaces are tilted outward from the lower side to the upper side so that the gap between the sloped surfaces is narrow on the lower side and wide on the upper side. The rounding device rounds the food dough using the sloped surfaces (18B, 22B) of the pair of the forming plates (11, 13). The pair of the forming plates (11, 13) has longitudinal components which move longitudinal relative to each other in the opposite directions, and the pair of forming plates (11, 13) also has a lateral component which move relative to each other in the width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction so as to approach and separate from each other. The pair of forming palates (11, 13) can move along a movement path in which the distance of movement according to longitudinal components is greater that the distance of movement according to the lateral component.
A rounding machine comprising:
A process of rounding food-dough pieces (7) by moving a pair of shaping plates (11, 13) along a moving locus, wherein the pair of shaping plates (11, 13) is arranged and extend along the traveling direction (R) of the food-dough pieces (7) and have at least opposed inclined faces (18B, 22B), and wherein the inclined faces (18B, 22B) are outwardly inclined from their lower sides to their upper sides such that the distance therebetween is narrow at the lower side and wider at the upper side, wherein the movement locus has a longitudinal component in which the shaping plates (11, 13) are relatively moved in directions opposite to each other, along the longitudinal direction, and a width component in which the shaping plates (11, 13) relatively move to approach, and retract from, each other, along the widthwise direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and wherein the moving stroke of the longitudinal component is longer than that of the width component when the food-dough pieces (7) are rounded, the process comprising the steps of:
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