Machine for shaping dough pieces
US8292609B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 25, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA21C5/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A machine for shaping dough pieces from a batch of risen dough placed in a holding pan includes a set of tools that can move between a number of positions for activating different tools for sequentially applying them to the dough, the pan and the set of tools being placed in a relative motion whereby respectively approaching or moving away from one another. The set of tools includes a tool for controlled spreading of the dough inside the pan for rendering its thickness uniform while essentially preserving its initial volume; a tool for shaping/dividing the dough into distinct dough pieces, equipped with partition walls that, between them, define receptacles for the shaping of dough pieces the shape of these partition walls in each receptacle being provided for progressively drawing an upper surface layer of the dough and pushing back the remainder of the dough into said layer.
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