Patent ID: 6659755
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
A dough shaping machine comprising:a main frame; a unitary assembly structurally separate from said main frame and mounted on said main frame by removable fixing members; wherein said unitary assembly comprises a rolling-out station for rolling out dough, a rolling-up station for rolling up the rolled-out dough, a stretching station for stretching the rolled-up dough, at least one conveyor for transferring the dough from said rolling-out station to said rolling-up station, and a shaping station; wherein said at least one conveyor includes a dough transfer belt, and at least one conveyor frame equipped with drive rollers supporting said dough transfer belt; and wherein said at least one conveyor frame is provided with a coarse adjustment mechanism and a fine adjustment mechanism for adjusting tension in said dough transfer belt by adjusting a distance between said drive rollers.