FR2925259A1 - Support for baguette dough pieces and other bread for loading bakery furnace and storing in cold chamber and/or fermentation chamber, comprises rectangular frame comprising series of compartments, strands, actuating unit, and return unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The support for baguette dough pieces and other bread for loading bakery furnace and storing in cold chamber and/or fermentation chamber, comprises a rectangular frame (2) comprising a series of compartments (6) for receiving dough pieces and separating the dough pieces in a horizontal plane, strands (7) of which each is fixed to a lower part of the frame, a unit for kinematically actuating the strands to synchronize their movements between closed and opened positions, and a return unit moving between the actuating unit and frame so that the strands are in the closed position by default. The support for baguette dough pieces and other bread for loading bakery furnace and storing in cold chamber and/or fermentation chamber, comprises a rectangular frame (2) comprising a series of compartments (6) for receiving dough pieces and separating the dough pieces in a horizontal plane, strands (7) of which each is fixed to a lower part of the frame, a unit for kinematically actuating the strands to synchronize their movements between closed and opened positions, a return unit moving between the actuating unit and frame so that the strands are in the closed position by default, an operating device (14) kinematically connected with the actuating unit, and a locking unit linearly extended along a direction perpendicular to the axis of the stands. The strands rotate around an axis or a horizontal hinge so that the strands move between the closed position where the strand is horizontal and the opened position where the strand is vertical. The frame comprises a first (3) and a second (4) frame rail extending horizontally parallel to each other, and separators with horizontal extension perpendicular to the frame rails and connecting the first and second frame rails to form the compartments. An action on the operating device is transmitted to the actuating unit to change the position of the strands. The operating device comprises actuators provided with locking unit, a support on the actuators, an opening, and a cable of which one end is connected with the actuator and the other end is connected to the actuating unit, and is placed on top or bottom of the frame. The cable wraps around a pulley to transform the vertical movement of the actuator into a horizontal movement. The actuators are symmetrically arranged on top or bottom of the periphery of the frame. The locking unit is movable between a locked position where the locking unit supports the strands in the closed position and a retracted position where the locking unit retracts the strands in the opened position. The locking unit is movable relative to the frame rotating around an axis parallel to the extended direction of the locking unit. Each strand has a surface substantially equal to a surface of the compartments and a surface area substantially equal to the half of the compartment surface, and completely closes the compartments.

Description

The present invention relates to a support dough chopsticks and other shaped breads for their preparation, storage in the intermediate phases (in a cold room and / or fermentation chamber), their transit to the oven and finally their removal on the oven mat. In the field of the bakery, it is known to prepare the dough rolls in the form of dough pieces. These dough pieces can be of two types of dough: a so-called firm dough used for all white breads and a dough called special bread, very soft and very soft. During the different stages of production of the bread, these dough can flow, or in particular during phases of growth or fermentation, swell or move during the transit phases. However, it is necessary for the smooth running of the manufacturing process that two neighboring dough do not come into contact with each other. It is known today to use for the transit dough a turntable without separators between dough. Such a means is only suitable for firm pasta.

It is still known to use a support plate on which is deposited a textile fabric. The latter is shaped by folding to form a fold of cloth between two dough pieces to maintain and separate the dough pieces. Such a tool requires individual handling dough pieces when removing from the oven mat before cooking. The present invention overcomes these various disadvantages. The invention relates to a support for dough chopsticks and other shaped breads for charging bakery ovens and storage in a cold room and / or in a fermentation chamber, comprising: a frame, comprising a series of compartments, able to accommodate dough pieces, separating the dough pieces, in a horizontal plane, a plurality of shutters, of shapes adapted to said compartments, each shutter being fixed to the lower part of the frame rotatively about a horizontal axis or hinge ( e), so that the flap is movable between: - a closed position, where the flap is horizontal, closing a compartment from below and providing horizontal support for a dough, and an open position, where the flap is vertical, so open the compartment downwards and allow the dough to be removed. According to another characteristic of the invention, the frame 10 comprises: a first spar and a second horizontal extension spar, parallel to each other; a plurality of horizontal extension separators, perpendicular to said spars, and connecting said first spar and said second longitudinal members, to form said compartments. According to another characteristic of the invention, the support may further comprise actuating means kinematically connecting all the shutters in order to synchronize their movements between the closed and open positions. According to another characteristic of the invention, the support may further comprise a return means acting between the actuating means and the frame, such that the flaps are by default in the closed position. According to another characteristic of the invention, the support 25 may further comprise an operating means kinematically connected to the actuating means, an action on the operating means being transmitted to the actuating means in order to control the position of the flaps. According to another characteristic of the invention, the actuating means may further comprise at least one pusher provided with any locking means, a support on said pusher acting on the actuating means, against the return means, causing the opening of the shutters and their possible blocking in this position

According to one embodiment, the operating means also comprises a cable, one end of which is integral with the pusher 3 provided with any locking means, the other end being integral with the actuating means, wrapping around at least one pulley, in order to transform the vertical translation movement of the pusher into a horizontal translation movement of the actuating means. According to another embodiment of the invention, the operating means is arranged on the top or bottom of the frame. According to another embodiment of the invention, two pushers are symmetrically arranged on the top or the bottom of the periphery of the frame. According to another alternative embodiment of the invention, the support also comprises at least one linear extension locking means in a direction perpendicular to the axes of the flaps and movable between a locked position where the locking means supports the flaps in position closed and a retracted position where the locking means is retracted to allow the shutters to open. According to another characteristic of the invention, the locking means is movable relative to the frame by rotation about an axis parallel to the extension direction of the locking means. According to another characteristic of the invention, each flap may have a surface substantially equal to the surface of the compartment and a shutter completely closes a compartment.

According to a variant of the invention, each flap may have a surface substantially equal to the half surface of the compartment and two adjacent flaps cooperate to completely close a compartment. An advantage of the support according to the invention is that it is suitable for receiving any type of pasta, both firm and soft pasta. Another advantage of the support according to the invention is to allow handling and removal on the stacked oven carpet many dough while ensuring the separation of 35 dough. Another advantage of the support according to the invention is to achieve the removal of all the dough pieces in a single manipulation. Another advantage of the support according to the invention is to offer good ergonomics.

Other characteristics, details and advantages of the invention will emerge more clearly from the detailed description given below as an indication in relation to drawings in which: FIGS. 1 and 2 show the support according to the invention in perspective view , respectively in the closed position and in the open position, - Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a detail of the support according to the invention, - Figures 4 and 5 show a sectional view respectively IV-IV (closed position) and VV (open position); FIG. 6 shows an alternative embodiment comprising a locking means. According to FIGS. 1 or 2, a support 1 of dough pieces for the loading of a bakery oven and storage in a cold room 20 and / or a fermentation chamber, comprises a frame 2 and a plurality of shutters 7. The frame 2, substantially rectangular is formed of walls 3, 4, 5, substantially vertical, assembled together so as to delimit in a horizontal plane compartments 6. Said compartments are dimensionally shaped according to the dimensions of the dough they must accommodate. The height of the walls 3, 4, 5 is such that the dough pieces are separated in pairs. According to one embodiment, said compartments 6 are substantially rectangular. The skilled person understands that the compartments 6 can all be identical to accommodate 30 identical dough pieces, or individualized to allow to accommodate in the same batch dough of different sizes. The support 1 further comprises a plurality of flaps 7, of shapes adapted to said compartments 6. Each flap 7, substantially plane, has a shape capable of covering, at least partially, the shape of a compartment 6, seen from a vertical direction . Each flap 7 is fixed to the lower part of the frame 2 rotatably, around a horizontal axis 8, for example by hinge, so that the flap 7 is movable between a closed position and an open position. Figure 1 and the detail section of Figure 4 illustrate the closed position. In the closed position, the flap 7 is horizontal, and closes a compartment 6 from below. Each compartment 6 is then like an open box upwards, to allow the introduction of at least one dough, and closed downwards. One or more cooperating flaps 7, completely close a compartment 6 by materializing a bottom of said box, and thus provides a horizontal support for a dough disposed in the compartment 6. Figure 2 and the detail section of Figure 5 illustrate the position opened. In the open position, the flap 7 is vertical, retracting the bottom of said box, to open the compartment 6 down. Such a position allows a removal of the dough, previously introduced into said compartment 6. The support 1 and the frame 2 may have any shape provided that the flaps 7 have shapes corresponding to the shapes of the compartments 6. However, according to a method of advantageous embodiment, the frame 2 comprises a first spar 3 and a second spar 4 of horizontal extension, parallel to each other. A plurality of horizontally extending dividers 5 perpendicular to said longitudinal members 3, 4 and connecting said first spar 3 and said second spar. Such an arrangement forms rectangular compartments 6. If each compartment 6 is intended to accommodate a single dough, the length of the separators 5 determines the maximum length of the dough, while the spacing between two separators 5 determines the maximum width of the dough.

The support 1 further comprises an actuating means 9. This actuating means 9, visible in FIGS. 1 and 2, is illustrated in detail in FIG. 3. Referring to FIG. 3, the actuating means 9 connects cinematically all the flaps 7 between them, in order to synchronize their movements between the closed and open positions. According to an illustrative embodiment, the actuating means 9 comprises a rod 10, aligned with the spar 6 3. This rod 10 is guided in translation parallel to the direction of greater horizontal extension of the spar 3 by means of guide pieces 12. The rod 10 is connected, for each flap 7, to a crank 11. Each crank 11 is connected at one of its ends to the rod 10, rotatably, while its other end, aligned with the axis of rotation 8 of a flap 7, is fixed rigidly to said flap 7. The translational movement of the rod 10 is such that, during its travel in translation, the rod 10 drives the cranks 11, which rotate at least 90 °, allowing the associated flaps 7 to rotate between the closed position and the open position and vice versa. A rod 10 thus rotates a series of flaps 7 rotating in the same direction. The flaps associated with the same rod 10 are then all synchronized, in that they are simultaneously simultaneously all closed at the same time or open at the same time. According to the illustrative embodiment shown, a first series of flaps 7 rotate in one direction, while another series rotates in the opposite direction. This requires two rods 10, which can be placed either in the same spar 3, 4 or as illustrated, a rod 10 being respectively disposed in each of the longitudinal members 3, 4. Note that in this embodiment, having a rod 10 by spar 3, 4 advantageously allows, by symmetry, to use actuating means 9 completely identical.

The support 1 according to the invention advantageously comprises a return means 13. This return means 13, acting between the actuating means 9, for example at the level of the rod 10, and the frame 2, constrains said means of biasing. actuation 9 to maintain a preferred position by default. Thus in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the return means 13 is a tension spring, which pulls on the rod 10, places the flaps 7 in the closed position. The support 1 further comprises an operating means 14 kinematically connected to the actuating means 9. This means 14 is such that an action on the operating means 14 is transmitted to the actuating means 9 in order to modify the position of the flaps 7 The operating means 14 may be, in the absence of the return means 13, a dual-acting maneuvering means 14 having two positions, each position controlling a position, open or closed, of the flaps 7. According to a preferred embodiment, the actuating means 14 is simple action. The operating means 14 can then comprise a pusher 15. A pressing on said pusher 15 acts on the actuating means 9, against the return means 13, causing a change of position of the flaps 7. Thus the return means 13 by default command a first position of the flaps 7. The pressing operation of the pusher 15 then controls the other position of the flaps 7, as long as the support is maintained. As soon as the support is released, the return means 13 again controls the first position. In the example of the figures, the return means 13 controls the closed position by default, while the pusher 15 controls the open position. According to the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the actuating means 14 comprises a pusher 15 guided in vertical translation. Through pulleys 16 and a cable 17 stretched between the pusher 15 and the rod 10, a vertical translation movement of the pusher 15 is transformed into a movement of the same amplitude, of horizontal translation applied to said rod 10. The movement the pusher 15 is obtained by a support that can be exerted manually. Advantageously, the operating means 14, and particularly the pusher 15, is arranged on top of the frame 2. This facilitates access for the operator who carries out the pressing on the pusher 15. According to one embodiment, the shutters are constituted in two counter-rotating series, and require two operating means 14 and two pushers 15. In order to achieve a removal of the dough, an opening of the flaps 7 is desirable simultaneously for both series. The pushers 15, thanks to the cables 17 ensuring a return movement, can be arranged indifferently over the entire periphery of the frame 2. A symmetrical or diametrical arrangement of the two pushers 15 is advantageous in that it corresponds to the position of the hands of an operator carrying the support 1. A particularly advantageous case of arrangement is that where the pushers 15 are arranged in the middle of the sides (outermost members 3, 4 or separators 5) of the rectangular periphery of the frame 2. Thus the operator which carries the support 1, and for that place his hands symmetrically, can advantageously place them near said pushers 15. Thus the operator can operate the pushers 15, for example with the thumbs, without moving his hands. Thus an opening of the support 1, in order to deposit the dough pieces simultaneously on the oven mat can simply be performed. Note that such removal requires lifting the support 1 to release a space below the support 1 for the passage of the flaps 7 in the open position. According to an alternative embodiment, illustrated in Figure 6, the support comprises at least one locking means 18. This means 18 has a linear extension is disposed perpendicularly to the axes 8 of the flaps 7. It is movable between a locked position and a retracted position. In the locked position, the locking means 18 comes under the flaps 7 in order to keep them in the closed position. In the retracted position, the locking means 18 is retracted and releases the space under the flaps 7 to allow them to open. The mobility between the locked position and the retracted position of the locking means 18 is, for example, obtained by means of a rotation about an axis 19 parallel to the direction of extension of the locking means 18 relative to the frame 2.

Maneuvering the locking means 18 between its locked and retracted positions is preferably performed manually. When the support is in the horizontal working position, the locking means 18 is advantageously maintained in the locked position by gravity.

According to one embodiment, not shown, each flap 7 may have a surface completely covering a compartment 6. Thus a flap 7 is associated with each compartment 6. The advantage of such a mode is that all the flaps 7 rotate in the same direction, and can thus be controlled by a single actuating means 9 with a single operating means 14. In the embodiment where the compartments 6 are rectangular, each flap 7 has a width substantially equal to the width of the compartment 6 and therefore at the spacing between two adjacent separators 5. A single flap 7 completely closes a compartment 6. Alternatively, and preferably, each flap 7 may have a surface partially covering a compartment 6. Several flaps 7, then cooperate, associated with a compartment 6, to ensure together the closing. In such an embodiment, the cooperating flaps 7 do not necessarily rotate in the same direction, and must be controlled by several actuating means 9, respectively associated with several actuating means 14. In the embodiment where the compartments 6 are rectangular, two flaps 7 adjacent, fixed under adjacent separators 5, have a width substantially equal to the half width of the compartment 6, and therefore the half spacing between two adjacent separators 5. These two complementary flaps 7 rotate in opposite directions and complement each other to completely close a compartment 6.

Claims (13)

1. Holder of dough pieces and other shaped breads for loading bakery oven and storage in a cold room and / or fermentation chamber, characterized in that it comprises: - a frame (2), comprising a series compartments (6), able to accommodate dough pieces, separating the dough pieces, in a horizontal plane, - a plurality of flaps (7), of shapes adapted to said compartments (6), each flap (7) being attached to the part bottom of the frame (2) rotatably around a horizontal axis or hinge (8) so that the flap (7) is movable between a closed position, where the flap (7) is horizontal , closing a compartment (6) from below and providing horizontal support for a dough, and an open position, where the flap (7) is vertical, to open the compartment (6) downwards and allow a removal of the dough. 2. Support according to claim 1, wherein the frame (2) is substantially rectangular and comprises: - a first spar (3) and a second spar (4) horizontal extension, parallel to each other, - a plurality of separators ( 5) of horizontal extension, perpendicular to said longitudinal members (3, 4), and connecting said first spar (3) and said second spar (4), to form said compartments (6). 3. Support according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising an actuating means (9) kinematically connecting all the flaps (7) to synchronize their movements between the closed and open positions. 4. Support according to claim 3, further comprising a return means (13) acting between the actuating means (9) and the frame (2), so that the flaps (7) are by default in the closed position. 35 5. Support according to claim 3 or 4, further comprising a maneuvering means (14) kinematically connected to the operating means nncitinn 11 2925259 (9), an action on the operating means (14) being transmitted to the actuating means (9) to change the position of the flaps (7). 6. Support according to claim 5, wherein the actuating means 5 (14) comprises at least one pusher (15) provided with any grooving means, a support on said pusher (15), acting on the actuating means ( 9), against the return means (13), causing the opening of the flaps (7) and their possible blockage in this position. 10 7. Support according to claim 6, wherein the operating means (14) further comprises a cable (17), one end of which is secured to the pusher (15) provided with any locking means, the other end being secured to the means actuator (9), wrapping around at least one pulley (16), in order to convert the vertical translational movement of the pusher (15) into a horizontal translation movement of the actuating means (9). 8. Support according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the actuating means (14) is disposed on the top or bottom of the frame (2). 9. Support according to any one of claims 5 to 8, comprising two pushers (15) provided with any locking means, symmetrically disposed on the top or bottom of the periphery of the frame (2). 10. Support according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising at least one locking means (18) of linear extension in a direction perpendicular to the axes (8) of the flaps (7) and movable between a locked position where the locking means (18) supports the flaps (7) in the closed position and a retracted position where the locking means (18) is retracted to allow the flaps to open. 11. Support according to claim 10, wherein said locking means (18) is movable relative to the frame (2) by rotation about an axis (19) parallel to the extension direction of the locking means (18). 12. Support according to any one of claims 2 to 11, wherein each flap (7) has a surface substantially equal to the surface of the compartment (6) and wherein a flap (7) completely closes a compartment (6). 13. Support according to any one of claims 2 to 11, wherein each flap (7) has a surface substantially equal to the half surface of the compartment (6) and where two flaps (7) adjacent cooperate to completely close a compartment (6). ).