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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1993
Michio Morikawa, Utsunomiya, JP;
Koichi Hirabayashi, Utsunomiya, JP;
Rheon Automatic Machinery Co., Ltd., Tochigi, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for dividing bread dough or the like is provided, which comprises a dough-cutting member comprising a saw blade means, two dough-supporting members, and a drive means for reciprocating the saw blade means, and by which a plastic material such as bread dough or confectionery dough is smoothly severed, whereby pieces of divided bread dough, each having a plate-like form in which no stress has occurred, are obtained. Further, an apparatus for supplying a uniform strip of bread dough or the like is provided, which comprises the apparatus for dividing bread dough and a stretcher or the like for preparing a sheet of dough. By this apparatus, pieces of divided bread dough, each having a plate-like form, are supplied, and these pieces of bread dough are joined to each other to make a uniform strip of bread dough in which no stress has occurred.