Apparatus for portioning dough
US5227174A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 1991 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C7/005
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for portioning dough has a filler hopper (31) for the dough in which hopper a pre-portioning tool (51) in form of two star rollers (32) is disposed which rotate in inverse direction and are driven by a drive device if the amount of dough in a chamber (30) below decreases a predetermined value. From this chamber the dough (30) is pressed by a pusher device (25) in receiving openings (4) on the periphery of a step-wisely rotated drum (2). The volume of dough in the chamber (30) is controlled by a capacitive sensor (35) embedded into the wall (36) of the filler hopper (31) so that this sensor (35) does not interfere with the stream of the dough.
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