Patent ID: 6592353
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A21C,A23L,A23P,B30B

Abstract:
A device for distributing dough, comprising:a first member to be positioned at a terminal end of a rotor of an extruder, said first member having a rear surface, a front surface, a center through-hole extending between said rear surface and said front surface, and a plurality of channels formed in said front surface so as to radially extend from and communicate with said center through-hole; and a second member connected to said first member, said second member having a rear surface, a front surface, a plurality of bores arranged so as to form a concentric circle with respect to said center through-hole of said first member, a pyramid-shaped projection extending from a center of said rear surface of said second member, and a plurality of channels formed in said rear surface so as to radially extend from a base of said pyramid-shaped projection toward said bores so that a distal end of each of said channels communicates with a respective one of said bores, each of said bores extending between said rear surface and said front surface of said second member, wherein said front surface of said first member faces said rear surface of said second member such that said radial channels of said first member oppose and align with said radial channels of said second member so as to form a plurality of radial flow passages for allowing expandable dough to flow from said center through-hole of said first member to said plurality of bores of said second member via said flow passages, a cross-sectional size of each of said flow passages being equal to a cross-sectional size of each of said bores of said second member.