APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING DOUGH MATERIAL

摘要

An apparatus is provided for continuously stretching dough for cakes, bread and the like. The apparatus comprises a plurality of rollers progressing along an endless path comprising a lower straight portion and a plurality of conveyor belts arranged in series thereunder with their upper flights facing the lower straight portion of the oval path and spaced from one another. The conveyor belts are driven such that their upper flights move in a common direction with the downstream one of any two adjacent conveyors being faster than the upstream conveyor. The rollers are moved in the same direction as the upper flight portions of the conveyor belts. Adjacent belts are arranged to contact one another below the levels of the upper flight portions of the conveyor belts where the upper flight portions of the conveyor belts face the lower straight portion of the oval path.