摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for continuously and quantitatively supplying bread dough. The apparatus comprises a pressing structure that includes two movable members, one of which includes at least one roller or one belt conveyor, and the other of which includes at least one belt conveyor, the roller being adapted to rotate about its own axis to apply a force to pull bread dough downward and the belt conveyor being adapted such that a portion of its conveying surface contacting the dough moves downward to pull the bread dough downward. The two movable members are oppositely positioned in a generally horizontal direction, one or both of the two movable members being adapted to reciprocally move in a generally horizontal direction to increase and decrease the distance between the two movable members, thereby preventing the pressure applied to the bread dough positioned between the two movable members from being excessively increased, so as to allow the bread dough to flow stably downward from therebetween.
摘要:
A high speed food processing machine providing an improved platen mechanism wherein the device produces more uniform platen pressure across the platens by having multiple hydraulically operated pressure points on the upper platen. The food processing machine is capable of having two belts; one around each platen, to provide more uniform pressure. This uniform pressure allows better heater placement and control. This invention also provides a method of cooling across the platens and removeably attaching the moving belt(s) to the moving platens. An energy storing mechanism assists in the platen movement.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for making a hollow cylindrical food which is formed of a plurality of concentrically wound rectangular sheets with leading and tailing edges abutting against each other. The apparatus includes a device which shapes food paste into rectangular sheets. In addition, a conveying device is provided to transfer the rectangular sheets to a transverse bar. The transverse bar is rotatable and movable vertically from the conveying device. The bar is used to wind the sheets, successively, so that the winding of one sheets is started are the preceding sheet has been completely wound.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for making pizza includes a housing and a plurality of canisters containing fresh dough stored in the housing. A cutting blade is disposed in the housing and is moveable between an upper limit position and a lower limit position to cut a slice of dough from one of the plurality of canisters. A press plate is disposed in the housing and receives the slice of dough. The press plate includes a first plate and a second plate that selectively move into engagement with each other to define an internal chamber therebetween to press flat and preheat the slice of dough. A rotary index table station is disposed in the housing and includes a plurality of plates, with each of the plates being rotatable about a central axis of the rotary index table station. Preheated pizza crust is deposited on the plates. Each of the plates is then moveable between an innermost radial position and an outermost radial position. Each of the plates also has a central axis such that each of the plates are rotatable about its respective central axis when moving between the innermost radial position and the outermost radial position. Toppings are applied during this movement so they are placed on the pizza crust in a spiral pattern.
摘要:
A dough handling system including a bottom roller of conventional design and a satellite head is disclosed. The satellite head comprises a plurality of satellite rollers with bearing assemblies supporting the satellite rollers. The bearing assemblies are positioned outside the area defined between facing surfaces of the satellite head and the bottom roller.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for making pizza includes a housing and a plurality of canisters containing fresh dough stored in the housing. A cutting blade is disposed in the housing and is moveable between an upper limit position and a lower limit position to cut a slice of dough from one of the plurality of canisters. A press plate is disposed in the housing and receives the slice of dough. The press plate includes a first plate and a second plate that selectively move into engagement with each other to define an internal chamber therebetween to press flat and preheat the slice of dough. A rotary index table station is disposed in the housing and includes a plurality of plates, with each of the plates being rotatable about a central axis of the rotary index table station. Preheated pizza crust is deposited on the plates. Each of the plates is then moveable between an innermost radial position and an outermost radial position. Each of the plates also has a central axis such that each of the plates are rotatable about its respective central axis when moving between the innermost radial position and the outermost radial position. Toppings are applied during this movement so they are placed on the pizza crust in a spiral pattern.
摘要:
A sheeter head having a pair of counterrotating internally-driven sheeter rollers is disclosed. The sheeting rollers each include an independent internal drive motor and gear box affixed to a nonrotating shaft, along with a nonrotating idle shaft on an opposite end of the roller. The speeds of the drive motors are controlled by an external device such as an inverter speed control. The nonrotating shafts, in conjunction with the absence of any external drive mechanism, allow for sanitary operation, easy clean-up, and a simple and efficient adjustment mechanism for varying a pinch point between the rollers. The preferred adjustment mechanism includes a fixed front roller and horizontal slide plates connected to the axles of a back roller, the slide plate having pegs which slide in associated grooves. One of the grooves is preferably wider than the other to help prevent binding during an adjustment operation. The preferred sheeter head further includes a releasable connecting assembly so that the sheeter head may be decoupled from a discharger conveyor.
摘要:
The device for working a dough strand into a thin dough sheet, comprises two superimposed endless conveyors the operative runs of which are facing one another and adapted to be driven in the same direction at the same speed. The operative runs confine a passage gap for the dough strand that gradually increases in height in the conveying direction. According to the invention, the operative run of the upper one of the two belt conveyors has, as seen in the conveying direction of the dough strand, a profile, that satisfies the equation: ##EQU1## in which Y.sub.x is the perpendicular distance between the operative run of the upper belt conveyor and the lower, flat belt conveyor at a point x in the passage gap between the two operative runs, and wherein a is a measure for the length of the conveyance path.
摘要:
Apparatus and method for forming a strand of dough from a relatively short dough body. The apparatus comprises two pressure members, respectively provided with facing first and second dough contact surfaces. The apparatus further comprises means for keeping the two dough contact surfaces spaced from each other in order to define a transforming space for the dough body between them. Furthermore, the apparatus has means for reciprocating both dough contact surfaces in relation to each other and in relation to a constant relative position of both dough contact surfaces, in a direction essentially parallel to both dough contact surfaces. In the method, the piece of dough is placed between the two contact surfaces and the contact surfaces are reciprocated in relation to each other.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for handling masa, the dough material used for production of tortillas. The hopper has a nozzle sized to output a continuous piece of masa of a predetermined thickness to a pair of spaced opposed conveyors which grip and feed the masa between them. A drive mechanism connected with the conveyors drives them at a speed faster than the speed of the masa exiting the nozzle to separate them into individual masa logs.