Hosokawa Bepex Corporation

Bepex Corporation

Frank Altvater

Marc Horna

G&uuml;nther Fux

Holger Kappes

Gunter Fux

Kurt Frank

For producing coiled bakery products comprising two strands each made of an outer and an inner doughy substance, a nozzle arrangement () comprises two inner nozzles (), which are each surrounded by an outer nozzle (), wherein all of the nozzles () are rotatable about a common axis of rotation ().

Nozzle arrangement, nozzle carrier and device for extruding doughy substances

For producing coiled bakery products, a nozzle arrangement ( ) comprises an inner nozzle ( ), which is disposed coaxially with an axis of rotation ( ), and an outer nozzle ( ), which is disposed axially offset relative to said inner nozzle ( ), wherein the outer nozzle ( ) is rotatable about the axis of rotation ( ).

Disposed above a loading section ( ), on which horizontally arranged strip-shaped packaging material (P) is longitudinally movable, is a shaping wheel ( ), which has an, in relation to the loading section ( ), transverse central axis ( ) and is rotatable about the latter. The shaping wheel ( ) has a cylindrical peripheral surface ( ) and contains a plurality of moulds ( ) which are disposed at angular intervals, starting from the cylindrical peripheral surface ( ), radially in relation to the central axis ( ). The peripheral speed of the shaping wheel ( ) corresponds to a slip-free rolling of its peripheral surface ( ) on the packaging material (P). Each of the moulds ( ) contains a piston ( ) which is movable back and forth between a retracted position for filling the mould ( ) with substance (M) and an advanced position for ejecting the consolidated formed body (F) in a radially outward direction onto the packaging material (P). The shaping wheel ( ) travels successively through a filling area ( ), in which the moulds ( ) are filled with substance (M), a dwell area ( ), after travelling through which the substance (M) contained in the mould ( ) is a packageable formed body (F), and a deposit area ( ), in which each formed body (F) may be deposited from its mould ( ) directly on the packaging material (P).

Machine for manufacturing and packaging formed bodies of a mouldable substance

A nozzle holder ( ) with at least one nozzle ( &Prime;), which ends at a mouth ( &Prime;), is used for manufacturing baking articles ( ) from an extruded strand ( ). In order to manufacture baking articles ( ) which extend in a plane, the nozzle ( &Prime;) is pivotably mounted by means of a joint with a ball ( ) and its mouth ( &Prime;) is displaceable by a pivoting device ( ) in two axes (X; Y) extending at right angles to one another. Furthermore, constructed in the ball ( ) is at least one connecting duct ( &Prime;), of which one end is connected to a stationary feed duct ( &Prime;) and the other end to the pivotable nozzle ( &Prime;).

Nozzle holder and device for extruding dough materials

In order to manufacture coiled baking articles with at least one outer dough material ( ) and with at least one inner dough material ( ) or dough filling, a nozzle arrangement ( ) comprises an inner stationary nozzle ( ) and an outer nozzle ( ) rotatably enclosing the inner nozzle ( ). A mouth ( ) of the outer nozzle ( ) is arranged behind the mouth ( ) of the inner nozzle ( ) in the direction of flow in such a manner that the materials flow together at the mouth ( ) of the inner nozzle ( ) and on the path to the mouth ( ) of the outer nozzle ( ) the inner material ( ) is set in rotation by the outer material ( ) and is thereby compressed.

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Heilbronn, Germany

Frank Altvater