Dough handling machines

Claim 1

A DOUGH PIECE HANDLING MACHINE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE DOUGH PIECES FROM A DELIVERY APPARATUS AND TREAT THEM, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING TRAP MEANS INTO WHICH DOUGH PIECES ARE DELIVERED BY SAID APPARATUS; FIRST OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TRAP MEANS FOR OPERATING THE LATTER TO DISCHARGE DOUGH PIECES THEREFROM; TREATING MEANS LOCATED IN A POSITION TO RECEIVE DOUGH PIECES DISCHARGED FROM SAID TRAP MEANS AND TREAT SAID DOUGH PIECES; SECOND OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TREATING MEANS FOR OPERATING THE LATTER; ACTUATING MEANS, LOCATED IN ITS ENTIRETY REMOTELY FROM SAID TRAP MEANS IN THE PATH OF AND ACTUATED BY EACH DOUGH PIECE DELIVERED TO SAID TRAP MEANS, OPERATIVE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE DEPOSIT OF THE DOUGH PIECES IN SAID TRAP MEANS; MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND SAID FIRST OPERATING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID TRAP MEANS SOLELY IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR DISCHARGE OF DOUGH PIECES TO SAID TREATING MEANS; AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPERATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OF SAID FIRST OPERATING MEANS TO OPERATE SAID TREATING MEANS IN TIMED RELATION TO THE DISCHARGE OF DOUGH PIECES FROM SAID TRAP MEANS.