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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
James W Finkowski, Andover, MN (US);
Robert F Meyer, Maple Grove, MN (US);
James L Schurz, Plymouth, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21C / ; A21C / ; A21C / ; A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
994502 ; 99353 ; 994501 ; 425 92 ; 425321 ; 425325 ; 425335 ;
Abstract
A dough web feeding device is provided which includes a first conveyor, a drive means or motor for that conveyor, a reciprocating shuttle, and a separate drive means or servo motor for the reciprocating shuttle. The speed, amount of rotation, and acceleration/deceleration profile for the drive means of the reciprocating shuttle can be precisely controlled to facilitate adjustable dough lapping.