Apparatus and method for selectively determining orientation of dough pieces
US4703679A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1980 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/2074
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an apparatus and method for selectively determining the orientation of dough pieces, dough pieces are made to fall from an upper conveyor passing around a curved end portion formed at the downstream end thereof. The falling dough pieces hit a bar positioned underneath the curved end portion and land on a lower conveyor positioned under the bar with the orientation reversed or unchanged depending upon whether the dough piece rides on the forward or the rearward side of the bar.
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