Patent ID: 8764429

Claim:
A dough rounder comprising: (a) a base; (b) a drum with an inner surface, said drum rotatably mounted vertically to said base; (c) a mechanism for rotating said drum; (d) an auger comprised of (1) a tubular cylinder with an open top end, a bottom end, a side wall with an outer surface, a side opening in said side wall adjacent said bottom end, and a deflector plate at said bottom end facing said side opening, and (2) a spiral ramp rigidly secured to said cylinder outer surface and having an outer edge and an upper surface, said auger being positioned within said drum with said ramp outer edge abutting said drum inner surface; and (e) said ramp upper surface being textured by a plurality of spurs with a side extending from said auger upper surface to a top, said spurs having a width at the ramp upper surface in the range of from 25 mils to 100 mils and a height from said ramp upper surface to said top in the range of from 25 mils to 100 mils.