Dough manipulation
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR FOLDING AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICALLY DOUGH SHAPED MASS INTO A SINUOUS FORMATION COMPRISING MEANS FOR PERIPHERALLY SCORING THE MASS AT PERIODIC INTERVALS AT ITS LENGTH, A CONVEYOR FOR CARRYING THE DOUGH MASS BENEATH THE SCORING MEANS FOR A CONVEYOR DISCHARGE END FOR CROSS-PANNING THE DOUGH COMPRISING A SLOPING FLUIDISED BED OVER WHICH THE DOUGH MASS PASSES IN LENGTHWISE FASHION, AND DOUGH MASS RETARDING MEANS COMPRISING A ROTATABLE WHEEL HAVING A FLUIDIZED SURFACE FOR SLOWING MOVEMENT OF THE DOUGH MASS AT ITS CENTER AND FLUIDIZED END WALL SURFACES ARRANGED TO RETARD MOVEMENT MASS AT ITS ENDS WHEREBY PORTIONS OF THE DOUGH MASS INTERMEDIATE ITSS CENTER AND ENDS FOLD INWARDLY TO PRODUCE A MASS OF COMPRESSED W-SHAPED CONFIGURATION.
Inventors
- 👤 John Jolly
- 👤 Neil Clyde
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