Patent ID: 8071149
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
1. A dough distribution manifold for dividing an on-coming dough stream into divided dough streams, comprising: a housing including a bottom wall, a perimeter wall forming a dough distribution chamber with said bottom wall, and a removable top wall positioned on said perimeter wall for closing said dough distribution chamber, said perimeter wall including an entrance wall segment positioned on one side of the dough distribution chamber, an exit wall segment opposed to said entrance wall on the other side of said dough distribution chamber, said entrance wall segment defining the entirety of a dough entrance opening for passing an incoming dough stream into said dough distribution chamber, said exit wall segment defining the entirety of a plurality of dough delivery openings for delivering a plurality of dough streams from said distribution chamber, a dough divider positioned between adjacent ones of said dough delivery openings arranged for separating the dough passed through the dough distribution chamber into separate dough streams that enter the dough delivery openings, and a valve for each of said delivery openings configured for adjusting the rate of flow of dough through each delivery opening.