Patent ID: 7287973

Claim:
A dough divider, comprising a. a machine housing ( 3 ); b. a dough collecting container ( 4 ) which is mounted on the machine housing ( 3 ), receiving dough that is to be metered; c. a dough delivery arrangement ( 6 ) which is connected to the dough collecting container ( 4 ), having at least one driven delivery piston ( 15 ) for delivering of dough from the dough collecting container ( 4 ); and d. a dough metering arrangement ( 7 ), i. which comprises a first row of first measuring pistons ( 40 ), which are displaceably driven in first piston casings ( 42 ), taking dough from the dough delivery arrangement ( 6 ), and ii. at least a second row of second measuring pistons ( 41 ), which are displaceably driven in second piston casings ( 43 ), taking dough from the dough delivery arrangement ( 6 ), said at least one second row of second measuring pistons ( 41 ) being disposed underneath said at least one first row of first measuring pistons ( 40 ), iii. the first piston casings ( 42 ) having a cross-sectional area A 1 and the second piston casings ( 43 ) having a cross-sectional area A 2 so that A 1 differs from A 2 ; e. the dough metering arrangement ( 7 ) being displaceable such that dough is deliverable by the at least one delivery piston ( 15 ) alternatively to the first piston casings ( 42 ) or to the at least second piston casings ( 43 ); and f. a dough discharge arrangement for receiving and discharging metered dough from the dough metering arrangement ( 7 ), wherein the dough metering arrangement ( 7 ) comprises a cutter plate ( 58 ) of stainless steel, which is connected thereto, cooperating with a sealing plate ( 31 ) of plastic material, which is replaceably connected to the dough collecting container ( 4 ).