Patent ID: 6345971
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
A device for dividing dough comprising: a dough funnel, a division slide for closing off a bottom opening of the dough funnel, the slide movable to and fro, a movable piston for moving dough, the piston movable to and fro and situated below the division slide, a measuring chamber movable up and down and having at least two measuring spaces for receiving dough moved by the movable piston, the spaces situated next to each other and separated from each other by a partition, the measuring chamber being movable to a bottom position and having a measuring chamber bottom and measuring pistons for pushing the pieces of dough out of the measuring spaces, and a knife for scraping the pieces of dough from the measuring piston, characterized in that the device includes a number of sprinklers, the number at least being equal to the number of partitions, for sprinkling liquid on parts of the pieces of dough facing each other that are pushed out of the measuring spaces.