Patent ID: 8070472

Claim:
An apparatus for rolling and forming a food dough comprising: a rolling roller configured to roll out a block of food dough placed on a table into a flattened shape; and a frame unit having an inner circumferential surface configured to face the rolling roller, wherein: the rolling roller is configured to revolve relative to the table around a revolving axis, and rotate relative to the table around a rotation axis of the rolling roller; the rolling roller is configured to move relatively towards and away from the table; the rolling roller comprises a first portion having a substantially conical or frustum shape extending in a rotation axial direction from a first base end thereof to a first distal end thereof, the first distal end being closer to the revolving axis than the first base end in a revolving radial direction with respect to the revolving axis, and the first distal end having a diameter smaller than that of the first base end; the frame unit is provided outside of a revolving locus of the first portion of the rolling roller; and the inner circumferential surface of the frame unit comprises an upper side portion and a lower side portion that is farther from the revolving axis than the upper side portion with respect to the revolving radial direction.