Dough feeder/cutter

Details Dough feeder/cutter Dough feeder/cutter

1991-07-08

1994-02-22

Watts, Douglas D.

Cutting

With product handling means

Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product

83157, 83215, 83266, 83350, 83932, A21C 1110

Patent

active

052877817

ABSTRACT:
A novel dough feeding, cutting and depositing apparatus is provided herein. It includes a pivotally-mounted feed tray. Means are provided on the feed tray for gripping a continuous dough sheet and for advancing it forwardly along the feed tray to the downstream end of the feed tray. Means are provided for cutting a discrete sheet of dough from a continuous dough sheet overlapping the end of the feed tray, and for depositing such discrete sheet of dough on a sheet of dough tray station. Means are provided for moving the upstream end of the feed tray upwardly to its maximum "up" position for the duration of the time the continuous dough sheet is being advanced forwardly along the feed tray. Means are provided for moving the upstream end of the feed tray downwardly to its maximum "down" position for the duration of the time the means for cutting is effecting the cutting of the continuous dough sheet into a discrete sheet of dough.

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patent: 4741233 (1988-05-01), Mershon
patent: 4971545 (1990-11-01), Willett
patent: 5007623 (1991-04-01), Unkuri et al.

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