Stress-free dough sheeter with pneumatically assisted release

Details Stress-free dough sheeter with pneumatically assisted release Stress-free dough sheeter with pneumatically assisted release

1995-12-28

1998-10-20

Smith, Duane S.

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Control means responsive to or actuated by means sensing or...

Feed control of material en route to shaping area

425147, 425227, 425238, 425373, 426502, 426503, 83169, A21C 310, A21C 908, A21C 1110

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058243496

ABSTRACT:
A dough sheeting system having a cutter assembly for pulling and cutting elongated chunks of dough from a hopper containing dough is disclosed. A receiving surface is disposed beneath the cutter assembly. A motor advances the receiving surface in a direction of dough feed. A calendar assembly receives dough output by the receiving surface and outputs a sheet of dough. A level sensor monitors the height of accumulated dough at the input of the calendar assembly and produces a signal when the input exceeds a predetermined level. The motor is responsive to the signal from the level sensor to stop advancing the receiving surface when the level exceeds the predetermined level. A movement sensor monitors the advancement of the receiving surface to actuate the cutter assembly to pull and cut a chunk of dough when the surface has advanced a predetermined distance from the position at which the surface was positioned when a prior chunk of dough was delivered to the surface. Release of a dough chunk is enhanced by using a pneumatic source to introduce air between the dough chunk and the cutter assembly. A pulling assembly is disposed under the cutter assembly and is responsive to the operation of the cutter assembly to pull chunks of dough from the cutter assembly.

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