Apparatus and process for rolling a sheet of pastry material
First Claim
1. An apparatus for rolling a sheet of pastry material comprising:
- a conveyor belt for transporting a sheet of baked pastry material on an upper surface of the belt; and
a roller positioned above the upper surface of the belt having its longitudinal axis extending diagonally across the width of the belt and having a diameter which diminishes from its upstream end to its downstream end with respect to the direction of travel of the belt for contacting and transmitting rotatory movement to the sheet of pastry material for rolling the sheet over onto itself for forming a layered roll of the pastry material.
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Abstract
An apparatus and process are provided for rolling a sheet of baked pastry material for forming a layered roll of the pastry material which may include layers of filling material in between the rolled layers of the pastry material. A sheet of pastry material is advanced on an upper surface of a conveyor belt and is contacted by a roller which has a longitudinal axis diagonal to the direction of travel of the belt and which has a diameter which diminishes from its upstream end to its downstream end with respect to the direction of travel of the belt. The rolled material is discharged from the conveyor at the narrower downstream end of the roller and then may be cut into discrete rolled pieces.
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1. An apparatus for rolling a sheet of pastry material comprising:
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a conveyor belt for transporting a sheet of baked pastry material on an upper surface of the belt; and a roller positioned above the upper surface of the belt having its longitudinal axis extending diagonally across the width of the belt and having a diameter which diminishes from its upstream end to its downstream end with respect to the direction of travel of the belt for contacting and transmitting rotatory movement to the sheet of pastry material for rolling the sheet over onto itself for forming a layered roll of the pastry material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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- 9. A process for rolling pastry material comprising advancing a sheet of baked pastry material on a conveyor belt and contacting the advancing sheet of pastry material with a roller having its longitudinal axis extending diagonally across the width of the belt and having a diameter which diminishes, with respect to the direction of travel of the belt, from its upstream end to its downstream end and having its surface rotating in a direction substantially opposite that of the travel of the belt for transmitting rotatory movement to the sheet of pastry material for rolling the pastry material over onto itself for forming a layered roll of the pastry material and for discharging the rolled pastry material from the belt at the downstream end of the roller.
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