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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1995
Vikram H Zaveri, Fennville, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A novel electromechanical apparatus for operating the conventional rolling pin on a motor-driven disc board for making dough discs out of dough balls. The apparatus comprising: a box-like housing structure for the mechanism; a motor-driven disc board on top of the housing structure; a reciprocating rolling pin on top of the rotating disc board; a glider for mounting the rolling pin; a slider-guide mechanism for imparting reciprocatory motion to the glider; a drive link for translating the rotary motion of a motor-driven eccenter into the reciprocatory motion of the slider; a frame structure for supporting the aforesaid drive system; a manually shiftable motor mounting bracket for varying the rolling pin stroke length; a four-bar mechanism for raising and lowering the entire frame structure along with the drive system to effectuate raising, lowering, and pressing of the rolling pin over the dough; two lower brackets, rigidly attached to the housing walls for mounting the four-bar mechanism; a momentary stop switch for cutting off power when the rolling pin is fully upraised; a plurality of resilient means for counterbalancing all stationary and moving loads, and for keeping the contacts of the momentary stop switch open; a multifunction control handle for raising, lowering, and pressing of the rolling pin, for actuating the momentary stop switch, and for changing the rolling pin stroke length; and a variable speed gearmotor for changing the speed of the rolling pin stroke and for halting the rolling pin at the extremities of its longest stroke.