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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1993
Sterrett P Campbell, Atlanta, GA (US);
Other;
Abstract
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.