Patent ID: 8245631

Claim:
A forming machine for forming dough into a sheet comprising: a heating unit including a drum rotatable intermittently about a horizontal axis and having an outer heating surface; and a dough applying unit including a reservoir disposed below said drum, adapted to contain the dough, and having a surrounding wall, and a bottom wall connected to a bottom end of said surrounding wall, said surrounding wall having a top edge that can contact said outer heating surface and that has a profile conforming to that of said outer heating surface, said bottom wall having a through hole, said reservoir being movable between a non-contact position, where said top edge is spaced below said outer heating surface, and a contact position, where said top edge moves upward to abut against said outer heating surface, an applying disk disposed inside said reservoir and below said outer heating surface and having perforations, and a rotary shaft extending into said reservoir through said through hole to rotate said applying disk and movable upwardly or downwardly to raise or lower said applying disk, said applying disk being movable between a pre-applying position, where said applying disk is lowered into said reservoir for dipping into the dough, and an applying position, where said applying disk is raised for applying the dough to said outer heating surface.