Nip gap setting apparatus for use in a dough passing device
US5336076A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C43/22
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus (79) for setting the nip gap between first and second rollers (30, 32) includes nip control blocks (83) movably mounted adjacent the front edges (150) of the end plates (151a, 151b) between which one of the rollers (32) is journaled. In the preferred form, each of the control blocks (83) are threadably received on a shaft (138) and include a slide surface (142) which slides on a shoe (134) mounted on the end plates (151a, 151b) and include an opposite, abutment surface (144) at a minor acute angle to the slide surface (142) and the movement direction of the control blocks (83). Contact surfaces (164) are articulately mounted to the end plates (51a, 51b) between which the other of the rollers (30) is journaled. In the preferred form, the contact surfaces (164) are formed on a thrust knuckle (160) having a semi-spherical surface (162) slideably received in a semi-spherical depression (156) of a thrust socket (154) secured in a recess (146) in the front edges (150) of the end plates (51a, 51b). The rollers (30, 32) are pivotally mounted relative to each other by pivotally mounting the end plates (51a, 51b) of the first roller (30) relative to the end plates (151a, 151b) o…
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