Rising crust manufacturing apparatus

摘要

An apparatus for forming a rising crust comprises a dough-manipulating unit adapted to apply a vacuum at the peripheral edge portion of an underlying sheet of dough to hold and lift the peripheral portion. The manipulating unit is inwardly contractible while holding the peripheral edge portion of the sheet of dough and movable downwardly while being in a contracted state to provide for the formation of a peripheral fold in the sheet of dough. The dough-manipulating unit allows for high volume production of rising crust pizzas.