FR2535579A1 - Device for increasing the length of portions of bread-making dough - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for increasing the length of portions of bread-making dough, characterised in that it comprises in combination a device which supplies the portions of bread dough, preformed into cylinders 2, arriving from the prefermentation chamber 1; a conveyor 3 which receives these cylinders 2 lined up in a continuous line, and a transfer device which perpendicularly moves the preformed cylindrical portions of dough 2 from the conveyor 3 to a conventional moulding machine 5 in which latter machine the loaves are given their final shape, this transfer device consisting preferably of swing scoops 7 activated by photoelectric cells at the passage of the portions of bread dough 2 on the conveyor 3.

Description

 The present invention relates to - a device for increasing the length of pieces of bread dough, with the aim of making available to bread makers an original arrangement of combined mechanical means, by means of which it is possible to give the dough bread a form of bar appreciably longer than that which one obtained at the exit of the pre-fermentation chamber.

 In this sense, the proposed device is characterized in that it comprises in combination a device which supplies pieces of bread dough, preformed into cylinders, coming from the pre-fermentation chamber, a conveyor which receives cylinders aligned in continuous file and a transfer device which moves the preformed pieces of bread perpendicularly into cylinders, from the conveyor to a traditional molding machine in which the loaves are formed definitively to the desired length. The transfer device preferably consists of tilting shovels, preferably actuated by photoelectric cells., When the pieces of dough located on the conveyor pass.

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will be better understood on reading the following description of an embodiment and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
- Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of the device which is the subject of the invention.

 - Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device for transferring pieces of cylindrical bread dough to the molding machine, from the linear conveyor.

 In the drawings we see that the pieces of bread dough come out of the pre-closing chamber 1 formed in cylinders 2 and are aligned all along the conveyor 3.

 On the conveyor 3 in question and in its extreme zone opposite to that for receiving the preformed cylinders is located the transfer device which comprises a motor element 4 on the axis of which is mounted a shovel 7 which at every turn of the axis in question ensures the transfer of a piece of preformed bread dough 2 to the molding machine 5 located at a slightly lower level.

 At the height of movement of the preformed pieces of dough 2 on the conveyor, photoelectric cells are arranged which are responsible for causing the operation of the motor 4 so that the shovel 7 rotates one revolution, as indicated by the two arrows in Figure 2.

 Naturally, the microswitch and timer element has been provided in the motor device, which controls and limits the rotation of the axis to one turn when the order is given from the photocells.

Because these elements are of the traditional type, their constitution and operation will not be described here.

 The advantages obtained thanks to the inv-ention described in the foregoing consist in obtaining a considerable increase in the length of the pieces of bread dough preformed into cylinders, for their application to certain bakery products.

Claims (1)

- CLAIM -  1.- Device for increasing the length of pieces of bread-making leg, characterized in that it comprises in combination a device which supplies pieces of bread dough preformed into cylinders (2), coming from the pre-closing chamber (1 ); a conveyor (3) which receives these cylinders (2) aligned in continuous file, and a transfer device which perpendicularly displaces the pieces of pasta preformed into cylinders (2) from the conveyor (3) to a traditional molding machine (5), in which the loaves are formed definitively, this transfer device preferably consisting of tilting shovels (7), actuated by photoelectric cells when passing pieces of bread dough (2) located on the conveyor (3).