摘要 |
Bread-dough mixing apparatus 1 comprises a support member 2, a shaft-support structure 3 carried by and rotatable relative to the support member 2, a drive shaft 4 and a driven shaft 5 rotatably mounted on the shaft-support structure 3, and a flexible coupling 6 connecting one end (4b) of the drive shaft 4 with one end (5a) of the driven shaft 5. The shafts 4, 5 are mounted on the shaft-support structure 3 so that their axes of rotation 7, 8 are inclined to each other. A mixer element 9 is carried by the other end (5b) of the driven shaft 5 so as to rotate therewith. An electric motor 15, a belt drive 16 and a pulley 17 are provided for rotating the drive shaft 4 so that the driven shaft 5 flexibly coupled thereto rotates the mixer element 9. An electric motor 18, a belt drive 19 and a pulley 20 are provided for rotating the shaft-support structure 3 about an axis which is common with the axis (7) of rotation of the drive shaft 4, whereby the end 5b of the driven shaft executes planetary motion about the common axis 7. |