Patent ID: 6769898
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A21C

Abstract:
A manually-operated dough press for use by an operator comprising:(a) a frame having a base and a housing; (b) a lower platen attached to said base and having a working surface; (c) a shaft extending from said housing through an opening and mounted for reciprocating movement through said opening; (d) an upper platen attached to said shaft, said upper platen having a working surface opposed to, substantially parallel to, and spaced from said lower platen working surface; (e) a pair of mating interlocking components providing said reciprocating movement of said shaft, a first of said interlocking component within and secured to said housing, a second of said interlocking components secured to said shaft within said housing and arranged for said reciprocating movement within said first of said interlocking components; and (f) a drive mechanism including a handle accessible to said operator for controlling the operation of said reciprocating movement of said shaft.