Patent ID: 7328652

Claim:
A dough dispensing apparatus comprising a container for receiving and holding dough and a dough transfer device for receiving dough from said container and for transferring said dough to a depositing station at which the dough is deposited onto a conveying means, the dough transfer device having a conical-shaped bottom profile and including a scraper device which is fixedly attached to a holding member such that in use, when dough is contained in the dough transfer device, motion of the dough with respect to the scraper device occurs to prevent dough from adhering to an inner side wall of the dough transfer device, the scraper device being generally arcuate in profile thereby enabling the dough to be dispensed homogenously from a bottom of the dough transfer device, while simultaneously not adding significantly to the mixing of the dough in the dough transfer device, which would otherwise lead to over-mixing of the dough.