Process and apparatus for making pastry products

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR MAKING PASTRY PRODUCTS OF THE ROLL-INTYPE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A DOUGH FEEDING AND EXTRUDING DEVICE, THE SAID EXTRUDING DEVICE HAVING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE WIDTH AND THICKNESS OF THE LAYER OF DOUGH EXTRUDED, A FIRST CONVEYOR POSITIONED TO HAVE THE DOUGH EXTRUDED THEREON, A TABLE CONVEYOR AND ROLER MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING THE LAYER OF DOUGH FROM THE FIRST CONVEYOR TO THE TABLE CONVEYOR, A HOPPER FOR FAT, A FAT EXTRUDER POSITIONED OVER THE TABLE CONVEYOR, POWER-DRIVEN PUMP MEANS FOR PUMPING FAT FROM THE HOPPER TO THE FAT EXTRUDER, THE SAID FAT EXTRUDER HAVING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION, WIDTH AND THICKNESS OF FAT EXTRUDED THEREFROM ONTO THE LAYER OF DOUGH, A CURLING ROLLER MOUNTED OVER THE TABLE CONVEYOR IN A POSITION TO CURL THE LAYERS OF DOUGH AND FAT INTO A ROLL, A SHEETER MEANS MOUNTED OVER THE TABLE CONVEYOR FOR FLATTENING THE ROLL OF MATERIAL INTO A SHEET OF PREDETERMINED THICKNESS, AND ROTARY CUTTER MEANS MOUNTED OVER THE TABLE CONVEYOR FOR CUTTING THE SHEET OF LAMINATED DOUGH AND FAT MATERIAL PIECES OF PREDETERMINED LENGTH.