Dough-forming machine

Claim 1

A DOUGH-FORMING MACHINE FOR FORMING DOUGH IN THE FORM OF OBLONG ROLLS, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING A CONVEYOR MADE OF PLIABLE MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A SECTION TRAVELING ALONG A PLANE HORIZONTAL PATH, A GROOVING ROLLER STATIONARILY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID PLANE CONVEYOR SECTION FOR GROOVING A GROOVE LENGTHWISE OF SAID CONVEYOR SECTION IN A PIECE OF DOUGH TRAVELING ON SAID SECTION, A FIRST DOUGH-FORMING MEANS STATIONARILY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR SECTION ANTERIOR OF SAID GROOVING ROLLER AS SEEN IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF SAID CONVEYOR STATION, SAID FORMING MEANS EXERTING PRESSURE UPON THE PIECE OF DOUGH AT BOTH SIDES THEREOF TO ELONGATE SAID PIECE BEFORE THE SAME REACHES THE GROOVING ROLLER, AND A SECOND DOUGHFORMING MEANS STATIONARILY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID CONVEYOR SECTION POSTERIOR OF SAID GROOVING ROLLER, SAID SECOND DOUGH-FORMING MEANS ALSO EXERTING PRESSURE UPON BOTH SIDES OF THE PIECE OF DOUGH TO ELONGATE THE SAME FURTHER AFTER SAID PIECE PASSES THE GROOVING ROLLER, SAID FIRST AND SECOND DOUGH-FORMING MEANS BEING DISPOSED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR OF SAID GROOVING ROLLER AT SPACINGS IN REFERENCE TO THE ROLLER SUCH THAT A PIECE OF DOUGH REACHES THE GROOVING ROLLER BEFORE COMPLETELY LEAVING THE FIRST DOUGHFORMING MEANS AND REACHES THE SECOND DOUGH-FORMING MEANS BEFORE COMPLETELY LEAVING THE GROOVING ROLLER.