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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
May. 22, 1997
Torahiko Hayashi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for continuously and quantitatively supplying bread dough. The apparatus comprises a pressing structure that includes two movable members, one of which includes at least one roller or one belt conveyor, and the other of which includes at least one belt conveyor, the roller being adapted to rotate about its own axis to apply a force to pull bread dough downward and the belt conveyor being adapted such that a portion of its conveying surface contacting the dough moves downward to pull the bread dough downward. The two movable members are oppositely positioned in a generally horizontal direction, one or both of the two movable members being adapted to reciprocally move in a generally horizontal direction to increase and decrease the distance between the two movable members, thereby preventing the pressure applied to the bread dough positioned between the two movable members from being excessively increased, so as to allow the bread dough to flow stably downward from therebetween.
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