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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7527492 | Device for rounding of dough pieces Device for the rounding of dough pieces, comprising a support surface for the dough pieces, an elongate rounding rail having a concave rounding surface, the rounding rail extending to the support surface, members being provided in order to move the rounding rail in ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 6780000 | Apparatus for making meatballs and the like Apparatus is provided herein for making a plurality of spherical products, e.g., meat balls. The apparatus includes a base. A tray support platform is mounted on the base for tethered buffetted motion with respect to the base. A tray having an upper non-stick surfac... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6703118 | Printing form for rotary screen printing made from fiber-reinforced plastics material A printing form for rotary screen printing is provided and includes a thin-walled hollow cylinder made from fiber-reinforced plastics material, the cylinder wall of which is provided with continuous printing openings which define an image which is to be p... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6616439 | Rounding apparatus A rounding apparatus for rounding dough pieces comprises a conveyer having a surface for supporting thereon and transporting dough pieces; and a plurality of rounder bars any one of which is selectively brought into contact with the surface of the conveyo... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6506042 | Rounder bar with floating foot A rounder bar assembly (10) with floating foot (56) for use with an endless belt conveyor (12) incorporates an elongated body (20) configured for shaping dough pieces (14) transported along the endless belt of a conveyor. A backing plate (22) and a spacer... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6406287 | Device for forming fiber balls of elongated fibers carried in an air flow The invention relates to a device for forming fibre balls out of elongated fibres carried in an air flow. The device contains a stator chamber (1) which is fixed to a frame and which has a circular cross section, and coaxially within it there is arranged ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6382952 | Rounder bar for processing bakery dough A rounder bar for shaping pieces of baking dough advancing upon a conveyor belt has an elongated configuration having top and rear surfaces and an arcuate dough-contacting surface of convex contour with respect to the top and rear surfaces. The dough-cont... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6335046 | Method and apparatus for molding dough A method of forming pieces of dough into balls, the method includes the steps of moving the dough pieces on a moving belt past a shaper bar while urging the belt against the shaper bar with a plurality of fluid jets. An apparatus for forming pieces of dou... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6303169 | Rounder bar and method of using the same The present invention provides a rounder bar and method of making and using the same in which, in one embodiment, the rounder portion of the rounder bar will have a shape that presents a concave shape having one of at least one flat surface and/or edge to... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6254372 | Apparatus for forming a spherical dough body An apparatus is provided for forming a spherical dough body by rounding a dough piece. The apparatus comprises a pair of opposed pressing and feeding members that apply pressure horizontally to the dough piece and a pressing member that repeatedly applies... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6224365 | Apparatus for shaping a spherical body An apparatus including two symmetrical slide members moved relative each other for shaping a cylindrical body into a plurality of spherical bodies, wherein the slide members each have two vertical sidewalls, and a plurality of U-grooves and partition flan... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6213751 | Kneading disk for baker's machinery A forming plate for a bakery machine is provided having a working surface area on an upper side with an array of forming bowls provided concentrically in circles thereon. The bowls each have a system of concentric annular edges beginning at an outside and... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6159517 | Oil filled rounder bar with grooves and method of using the same A preferred embodiment of the oil filled rounder bar with grooves for use with an endless belt-type conveyor for transporting dough pieces thereon incorporates a shaping surface formed of oil filled plastic material. The shaping surface forms a pocket wit... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6123537 | Rounder bar for processing bakery dough A rounder bar for shaping pieces of baking dough advancing upon a conveyor belt has an elongated configuration having top and rear surfaces and an arcuate dough-contacting surface of convex contour with respect to the top and rear surfaces. The dough-cont... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6042358 | Machine for making balls of butter An apparatus for making balls of butter includes a conveyor and a dispensing head mounted above the conveyor for delivering pieces of butter to the conveyor. Two roller bar assemblies are mounted above the conveyor, and crank arms rotate each of the rolle... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5897888 | Apparatus for manufacturing silica powder with spherical grains A device for producing spherical silica grains includes a cylinder having its axis inclined to the horizontal and an inside wall made from a material that is significantly softer than silica. The cylinder has an entry chute for non-spherical silica grains... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5786016 | Process and device for shaping baker's dough pieces Dough shaping devices for shaping baker's dough pieces include a pair of cooperating shaping members, such as concave rounder bars (27) placed over a surface conveyor (16). The concave surface of the rounder bars is formed with a metal base plate (45) tha... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5714178 | Rounder bar A rounder bar for use with conventional dough manufacturing equipment is used to convert a piece of dough into a spherical dough ball. The rounder bar includes a contact face used to engage and shape the piece of dough. The contact face has a gradually va... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5605708 | Rounder apparatus for processing bakery dough An apparatus for rounding the sequential pieces of bakery dough dispensed by a dough handling machine employs upper and lower advancing assemblies. Each assembly has an endless flat conveyor belt. Both belts move in opposite directions, and are dimensione... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5330776 | Method and apparatus for preparation of rolled products Rolled products are prepared by transporting articles from an upstream end to a downstream end of an endless conveyor belt upper run having a complete spiral twist therein for shaping the articles so that rolled products emerge from the twist on the upper... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5277569 | Dough rounder A dough rounder machine for kneading and forming dough and similar plastic masses into uniformly shaped form in which the dough is placed in an annular die driven by eccentric drive means over a stationary horizontal tray table whereby to move the die in ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5110610 | Dough piece rounder and method A dough piece rounder and method where the belt used for conveying the dough pieces past the rounder bar is supported by a thin film of air between the underside of the conveyor belt and a perforated plate which forms the upper flat side of a plenum chamb... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4984978 | Divider head assembly A divider head assembly for attachment to a dividing and rounding machine, the divider head assembly incorporating a cover plate and attached plug plate, both of which have a central aperture therethrough. A cutter blade holder has a neck which slidably p... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4950147 | Dividing and rounding machine A dough-dividing and rounding machine for dividing and rounding dough wherein the machine includes a removable ring and dividing assembly for the convenient cleaning of the machine and to allow for the interchangeability of the dividing assembly with othe... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4898528 | Dividing and rounding machine A dough dividing and rounding machine for dividing and rounding dough wherein the machine includes a removable ring and dividing assembly for the convenient cleaning of the machine and to allow for the interchangeability of the dividing assembly with a se... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4840755 | Method of and apparatus for producing compacted chopped strands A method of and an apparatus for producing compacted chopped strands having a high density, wherein flattened wetted chopped strands are prepared and subjected in the wetted state to a rolling action to change the flattened form into rounded rod-like form... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4793789 | Dough-rounding apparatus A dough-rounding apparatus in which first and second groups of elements undergo relative revolving movements to round pieces of dough. The elements of one group have chambers for receiving the pieces of dough, the elements of the other group being formed ... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4750413 | Apparatus for centering and shaping dough pieces baked products or the like The invention relates to an apparatus for centering and shaping dough pieces baked products or the like which is inserted between two treatment machines in a commercial baking line for the production of bread or similar baked products, for example between... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4746282 | Dough rounding machine with adjustable trough A dough rounding machine with a drum rotatable about a vertical axis, a frame disposed around the drum and a trough which is formed between the drum jacket and a number of trough elements mounted on the frame and extending helically adjacent the jacket. E... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4636163 | Apparatus for forming material into a ball A device for shaping a semi-moist material into spheres without substantially disintegrating and pulverizing the material, whereby a disc (2) is rotatably arranged in the horizontal plane, which disc (2) on its upper side is arranged to receive a material... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4589833 | Device for forming balls of plastic material Device for forming plastic balls from a bar of plastic material. The bar is separated into balls one by one by a pair of circular cutters, each cutter being formed on its peripheral side surface with a cutting member consisting of plural number of spiral ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4511318 | Dough rolling apparatus for laminated cookies An apparatus for making a generally spherical laminate dough preform that has a first inner dough substantially uniformly encapsulated by one or more outer doughs. If the preform contains morsels such as flavored chips, the appparatus will distribute and ... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4435144 | Apparatus for shaping dough Apparatus for shaping dough into round loaves including two continuous belts forming a v-shaped trough between them, one of the bands being oscillated in a direction normal to the molding surface.... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4398881 | Apparatus for forming soft food material into globular shape This invention relates to an apparatus for forming soft and sticky food material such as kneaded mixture of water and rice flour, wheat flour, etc., into globular shape in formation chambers in the form of pipe. Four crossing members constitute one group ... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4306850 | Rounder bars A rounder bar with a biased flexible foot portion responsive to surface irregularities of a conveyor for maintaining a continuous contact with the conveyor along the full length of the rounder bar.... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4212615 | Rotary drum agglomerating apparatus Agglomerating apparatus in the form of a rotating drum and a method for agglomerating and controlling the size consist of carbonaceous material, such as particulate coal, finely divided char and, optionally, a binder such as pitch. Control of the agglomer... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4191519 | Dough-rounding machine A dough-rounding machine, including a substantially horizontal trough defined by a carrying surface at the bottom and a pair of dough kneading plates which diverge upwardly from the carrying surface to form the sidewalls of the trough, has a drive mechani... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4134944 | Pellet-rolling method Pellets having uniform size and excellent strength properties are manufactured without fluctuations in production from finely-divided moist material by rolling nuclei of substantially mutually identical size in at least one pellet-rolling circuit in the p... | 01/16/1979 |
| 4124305 | Method and apparatus for rounding lumps of dough A method of rounding lumps of dough, in which one lump of dough is contacted with two faces including an angle and in which the lump of dough is subjected to a frictional kneading effect by moving the two faces relative to one another, wherein the lump of... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4119393 | Pan agglomeration with mechanical pellet classification A strategically located series of spaced apart classifiers set at varying depths within a pelletizer pan operated to classify the forming pellets and also impart controlled energy into the forming pellets producing pellets of improved quality. Controlled ... | 10/10/1978 |
