Patent ID: 6123537
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
A rounder bar for shaping pieces of bakery dough advancing upon a flat conveyor belt, said rounder bar having an elongated configuration terminating in upstream and downstream ends, and further having:a) a rear surface bounded by upper and lower edge extremities,b) a top surface bounded by a forward edge and a rear edge coincident with the upper edge of said rear surface, andc) an arcuate dough-contacting surface of convex contour in relation to said rear and top surfaces, said arcuate surface extending between a front boundary adjacent the forward edge of said top surface and a back boundary adjacent the lower edge extremity of said rear surface, said arcuate surface containing a non-occluding texture comprised of a series of grooves oriented in planes orthogonal to said rear and top surfaces and terminating in opposed open extremities, said grooves defined by a valley bottom, opposed sidewalls, and opposed coplanar lands that constitute a contact surface.