baker

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF DEVELOPED BREAD DOUGH, WHICH INCLUDES AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL MIXING CHAMBER HAVING AT ONE END AN INLET FOR DOUGH INGREDIENTS AND AT THE OTHER END AN OUTLET FOR DEVELOPED DOUGH, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING DOUGH INGREDIENTS CONTINUOUSLY TO SAID INLETS, A MIXING WORM WITHIN SAID CHAMBER WHICH EXTENDS LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHAMBER WITH ITS AXIS OFFSET FROM THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER AND HAS A HELICAL BLADE POSITIONED CLOSE TO THE INNER WALL OF THE CHAMBER, AT LEAST ONE MIXING BAR EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHAMBER AND ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID MIXING WORM, MEANS IMPARTING ROTATION TO SAID MIXING WORM ABOUT ITS OWN AXIS AND ALSO ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, A ROD EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND SITUATED CLOSE TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID MIXING WORM AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROD ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, SAID ROD AND SAID MIXING BAR COOPERATING TO EXERT A STRETCHING ACTION ON THE DOUGH AND THEREBY DEVELOP THE DOUGH WITHOUT THE DOUGH ANYWHERE FILLING THE MIXING CHAMBER.