Patent ID: 6161955
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
Device for kneading doughs and pastes consisting of flour, a liquid and appropriate additives, said device comprising:a horizontally elongated trough having a curved bottom around a horizontal center line, a pair of longitudinally extending standing side walls extending upwardly from the curved bottom, and opposing end walls, said curved bottom extending from one side wall to the other;a rotatably driven mixing and kneading gear operating in the trough, wherein the mixing and kneading gear consists of at least two horizontally elongated tubes or rods which are rotatingly driven around the horizontal center line of the trough bottom and received in rotatable supports, each rotatable support being located in a respective elongated support at an opposite longitudinal end of said trough, wherein the rotating tubes or rods have substantially the same size, and portions of the tubes or rods farthest from the horizontal center line form a circumscribed circle when rotated, and the circumscribed circle formed by said tubes or rods when driven lies a short distance from the trough bottom; anda horizontally elongated central tube or rod which is stationary relative to the trough, said central stationary tube or rod is arranged between the rotating tubes or rods and is separate from the rotating tubes or rods, said central stationary tube or rod being non-rotatably secured to said elongated supports and extending substantially the entire length of the trough in the longitudinal direction, said center line passing through said central stationary tube or rod.