Machine for domestic use for making, cutting and shaping pasta

• US 5,770,239 A
• Filed: 01/24/1997
• Issued: 06/23/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Imperia & Monferrina S.P.A.
• Original Assignee: Imperia Trading S.R.L.
• Inventors: Ancona, Enrico
• Primary Examiner(s): Simone, Timothy F.
• Application Number:
  US08/788,264
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 99/348, 99/352-355, 99/357, 99/407, 99/484, 366/97-99, 366/69, 366/91, 366/205, 366/314, 366/77, 366/80, 366/92, 366/309-311, 366/329.1, 425/190, 425/197, 425/204, 425/205, 425/337, 425/366, 425/373, 426/297, 426/497, 426/501, D 7/376, D 7/368
• US Class Current: 425/190
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 11/22 Apparatus with rollers and cutting discs or blades for shaping noodles

Abstract

The invention concerns a machine for making, cutting and shaping pasta, including at least one unit head for making, cutting or shaping pasta, in which is installed at least one pair of rollers, adjacent to each other and rotating around their respective substantially horizontal and parallel axes; it is equipped to process dough into sheet form or a sheet in the form of pasta, including, according to the invention, a hopper detachably fastened to the unit head to feed dough composed of flour and eggs or a sheet of pasta into the unit, this being without manual intervention of the operator after the introduction of the dough or sheet of pasta between the rollers in the unit head.

Claims

1. A machine for domestic use for making, cutting or shaping pasta comprising:

at least one unit head for making, cutting or shaping pasta, said unit head having at least one pair of rollers having horizontal and parallel axes, said rollers being disposed adjacent to each other and rotatable around said horizontal and parallel axes, thereby forming an area for processing dough to form a sheet;

said unit head further comprising a hopper to feed the dough or pasta between said rollers, whereby the dough may be processed without manual intervention of the operator after introduction of the dough or sheet between said rollers.

2. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the hopper is laminate and has two lateral guide strips.

3. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the hopper has an end having an edge which bends downward, in the form of an "L" to meet and internal edge of the unit head, said hopper being supported as an overhang.

4. A machine as defined in claim 1, wherein the hopper is detachably fastened to the unit head.

5. A machine as defined in claim 2, wherein the hopper has a free edge extending beyond said guide strips and folded downwards, whereby placement of the dough or sheet on said hopper is facilitated.