Patent ID: 6242027
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
An apparatus for manually portioning pizza dough disks having a calibrated volume and suitable for mechanical final spreading, said apparatus comprising:a support member fastened to a base plate;a circular lower plate arranged in a substantially horizontal configuration onto which pizza dough is to be placed;a circular upper plate arranged in a substantially horizontal configuration coaxial with said circular lower plate and having a diameter substantially equal to a diameter of said circular lower plate;a device for moving said circular lower and upper plate towards each other to a predetermined final distance which corresponds to a desired thickness of a dough disk;a cutting element having a sleeve with a cutting edge arranged for removal of excessive dough emerging radially from an annular space between said circular lower and upper plates; anda moving mechanism for axially moving said sleeve relative to said circular lower and upper plate, wherein the cutting edge cuts excessive dough emerging radially from the annular space between said circular lower and upper plate.