Cutting of several pieces of flat-rolled dough simultaneously from a continual web supply comprises lowering die, cutting dough and moving die with dough

摘要

Cutting of two or more pieces of flat-rolled dough (17) simultaneously from a continual web supply (2) comprises lowering a die towards the end (8) of an oncoming supply which is positioned to cut the section (17) without waste from the web (2). The lowered die is then moved with the dough (17) and then lowered (14) to another position in which the accumulating adjacent pieces of dough are separated (11) by a gap. The action of cutting (8) and spreading apart (11) of the individual pieces (17) is effected by the same die tool and following spreading and separation (11), the pieces of dough are released from the tool, which returns to the end of the oncoming supply to repeat the process. Also claimed is a tool for performing the above process.