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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sterrett P Campbell, Atlanta, GA (US);
Paul Samuel Zerwekh, Elliston, VA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426496 ; 426503 ; 1984641 ; 1984642 ; 1984682 ; 1984685 ;
Abstract
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.