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Amf Gmbh

Paramount Packaging Corporation

Campbell Technologies, Inc.

Southern Bakeries, Inc.

Pak-it Mgf Co., Inc.

Sterrett P Campbell

Paul Samuel Zerwekh

Glenn P Campbell

Clarence Edmond Reubens

Lloyd Everett Marston

Jackie Lee Rose

Bakery pans (10) are moved in edge-to-edge abutment along a dough processing line. The bakery pan indexer (36) (FIG. 5) includes a surface conveyor having an array of magnets mounted thereon. The magnets firmly attach themselves to the lower surfaces of the bakery pans (10) and positively control the movement of the pans through the dough ball delivery station (37), where the dough balls (25) are delivered to the dough receiving cavities (35) of the pans. The pans are maintained in constant motion, and the pans are accelerated and decelerated in order to compensate for the varying distances between the rows of dough receiving cavities of the pans.

Dough processing system with bakery pan indexer

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) that includes a concave dough shaping surface (46) formed of stainless steel. Metal particles are formed on the dough shaping surface by the sputtering of metal plasma, to form a roughened texture, and a slick material, such as a fluropolymer, is applied thereover, to form a grainy but slick surface against which the dough pieces move. The grainy surface retards sliding friction of the dough pieces, while the slick surface permits immediate release of the dough from the dough shaping surface.

Process and device for shaping baker's dough pieces

A mass of baker's dough is delivered from hopper (28) through stuffing pump (30), developer (38), branch conduits (42-44), through metering pumps (46-48), to dough divider (55), where the streams of dough are divided into dough balls which drop to a rounder bar conveyor (60). The columns of dough are independently maintained from the dough divider (55) to the sheeter-molder-panner (24-26).

Method and apparatus for dividing baker's dough into dough balls

A stream of dough passes from a metering pump (16) or (17) into the dough distribution manifold. The incoming stream of dough is sliced by the sharpened knife edge (64) of the divider knives (51) to form a pair of diverging streams of dough. Each diverging stream of dough is confronted with a second pair of divider knives (52) and (53), where a similar dividing function occurs. The positions of the knives are adjustable by external knobs (75) so as to balance the diverging streams of dough. The dough streams pass directly, in a line of sight, from the inlet openings (43) to the outlets (44A-44H), thereby avoiding the movement of dough about bends, turns, protrusions and obstructions which would deteriorate the gluten structure of the dough.

Method of distributing baker's dough

Baker's dough moves from feed hopper (21) through dough inlet opening (25) into auger housing (19). Reduced pressure is maintained in the auger housing by gas exhaust port (28) and vacuum pump (27). The depth and amplitude of the helical cavity (31) in the pumping section (34) of the auger (20) is greater than the depth and amplitude of the helical cavity (33) in the gas exhaust section (35) of the auger, so that more resistance is applied by the interior cylindrical surface (29) of the auger housing to the dough in the gas exhaust section (35) than in the pumping section (34). Therefore, the dough does not clog the gas exhaust port, allowing increased vacuum to be applied to the housing, thereby firmly drawing dough to the auger. Additionally, transverse dough feed and transverse dough exhaust with respect to length of the auger tends to reduce the tendency of the dough to move circumferentially with the rotation of the auger, thereby enhancing the pumping efficiency of the auger.

Method of moving dough in a dough processing system

Divider blades (44) are mounted to rotary support plate (22), and the rotary support plate is moved in a circular path so as to cause the divider blades to move across the dough outlet openings (23), thereby severing the dough protruding from the outlet openings and forming dough balls (60). The divider blades are maintained in continuous contact with the face (18) of the dough delivery block (14), and the lower slicing edges (50) of each divider blade moves down to the lower horizontal edge (20) of the dough delivery block so as to make sure that the dough is not allowed to cling to the dough delivery block.

Method of dividing a plurality of streams of dough into dough balls

Dough (20) is delivered in a stream through inlet conduit (29) to dough distribution chamber (60) of manifold (10). A spike (52) pierces the oncoming dough stream, and the dough flares radially into an annulus, past adjustable deflectors (42a-42f), and the dough is sliced by dough divider sharps (62) to separate the dough into individual streams of dough that move through delivery conduits (30a-30f). The velocity of dough moving through each delivery conduit (30a-30f) is controlled by the adjustable deflectors (42a-42f) which are positioned at the perimeter of the dough distribution chamber (60).

Method of dividing a single stream of baker's dough into separate

Dough is moved by a screw conveyor (28) in the bottom of a hopper (12) through a hopper discharge opening (25) and through a discharge conduit (14). A wedge-shaped shield (58) is mounted in the lower portion of the hopper over the screw conveyor (28) and divides the dough moving down the hopper and guides the dough to opposite side of the screw conveyor and maintains an air passage (92) in the dough over the screw conveyor and in communication with the discharge conduit (14). A partial vacuum is drawn in the air passage (92) to evacuate gas from the dough.

Dough pump with degassing system

Dough is dispensed from the bottom of a dough hopper with a screw conveyor that slices into the dough mass and moves the dough horizontally out of a lower opening in the hopper and through a discharge conduit and discharge nozzle. The screw conveyor divides the conveyed dough into batches and the dough is worked in the discharge conduit and air from about the batches of dough is vented from the discharge conduit prior to extruding the dough through the discharge nozzle.

Method of dispensing dough

Dough pump

A bread dough rounder bar for use with conventional dough dividing equipment to convert a dough piece into a rounded dough ball which may be subsequently processed into a bread bun or roll or the like. The rounder bar includes a work surface which varies in cross-section between an entrance section, a compression section and a rounding section.

Bread dough rounder bar

Bagging apparatus includes first and second horns at least one of which is movable. A carriage for supporting a stack of bags is reciprocable toward and away from a loading position wherein the carriage is beneath the horns and the uppermost bag on the carriage is telescoped over the horns. Then said one horn is movable to stretch the bag at its mouth so that an article may be inserted into the bag. Pneumatic circuitry is provided to cause the movable horn and carriage to be automatically cycled in a predetermined manner. As the carriage moves toward the loading position, an air jet causes the uppermost bag on the stack to be opened.

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