Patent ID: 6530771
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A21C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A sheeting head comprising:a back roller and a front roller that counterrotate adjacent one another to form dough into a dough thin sheet on the front roller; a rotary cutter that cuts dough sheet food items from the thin dough sheet; a cutter carriage located beneath the front and back rollers, the cutter carriage comprising supporting means for selectively raising and lowering the rotary cutter and for removably supporting ends of the rotary cutter; and means for moving the cutter carriage between an operating position where the supporting means is located at a front side of the back roller and adjacent to the front roller so that the rotary cutter can be raised by the supporting means to engage the front roller, and a replacement position where the supporting means is located at a back side of the back roller and is sufficiently clear of the back roller so that the rotary cutter can be readily removed from the supporting means of the cutter carriage and lifted away from the back roller.