MACHINE FOR TWISTING DOUGH

• US 3,585,943 A
• Filed: 10/18/1968
• Issued: 06/22/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/1968
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Boulbouech Jean Le, Pierre Carre, Tanguy Pierre
• Original Assignee: Boulbouech Jean Le, Pierre Carre, Tanguy Pierre
• Inventors: TANGUY PIERRE, Carre, Pierre, BOULBOUECH JEAN LE
• Application Number:
  US04/768,674
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• US Class Current: 425/302.1
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 3/00 Machines or apparatus for shaping batches of dough before subdivision
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 3/08 Machines for twisting strips of dough, e.g. for making pretzels

Abstract

Machine for making twists from bands of puff paste which has several dough moving devices some of which are stationary while the others pivot along the general axis of passage of the dough in order to twist the band of dough on itself along its longitudinal axis between the stationary and the pivoting transport devices.

Claims

1. Apparatus for making twisted lengths of dough comprising, transport means for transporting and advancing a strip of dough longitudinally therethrough along a given path, said transport means including first transport means rotationally stationary relative to the longitudinal axis of said strip of dough and second transport means rotational relative to said axis, and means to rotate the second transport means intermittently to effect twists on said strip of dough spaced longitudinally on said strip of dough, said second transport means including means to crush the twists while advancing longitudinally through said second transport means.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which each of said transport means comprises a pair of driven opposed endless belts spaced from each other, said strip of dough travelling between the pair of driven belts and in contact therewith for longitudinal advancement by said opposed pair of belts.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1, including means to sever the strip of dough intermediate said twists thereby to sever it into a plurality of individual lengths.

4. Apparatus according to claim 1, including means in each transport means for driving the endless belts at speeds for advancing the strip of dough at a uniform rate of travel longitudinally thereby to maintain the strip from being stretched or shrunken longitudinally including during the twisting thereof.

5. Apparatus according to claim 1, in which said second transport means comprises a pair of driven, opposed endless belts spaced from each other, said endless belts being spaced for receiving the strip of dough between opposed runs of said belts and advancing the strip of dough longitudinally and crushing therebetween twists on said strip of dough made on said strip upstream of said second transport means.

6. Apparatus according to claim 5, including cutting means downstream of said second transport means to sever the strip of dough intermediate the crushed twists thereby to sever the strip into a plurality of individual lengths.