Patent ID: 7824722
Filing Date: 2010-11-02
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
1. A method for preventing dough in a hopper from escaping into space between a pair of rollers and a side wall while sheeting dough, the method comprising: providing a pair of counter-rotating rollers that define a pinch point; coupling the rollers to a side wall; sheeting dough into a thin sheet in the pinch point defined by the counter-rotating rollers; and preventing the dough from escaping into space between the counter-rotating rollers and the side wall with the additional steps of: forming a groove adjacent to a first end of each roller such that the grooves of the rollers are aligned; providing a saddle with first and second concave edges that mate with the first and second rollers, respectively, and extend downwardly below the pinch point; forming a tongue on each concave edge; and disposing the saddle within the pinch point between the rollers with the tongues extending into the grooves of the rollers from both a top and a bottom direction relative to the pinch point, the first concave edge and the second concave edge diverging from one another as the concave edges extend downwardly below the pinch point.