Integrated Dough Rolling Station with Satellite Roller
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dough processing facilities require large floor space due to the need for separate devices for forming dough sheets and subsequent rolling and kneading, making them impractical for small operations.
Innovation Solution
A compact dough processing device with a conveyor and a rolling station that includes a satellite roller, counter roller, and guiding elements, capable of forming, rolling, and kneading dough in a single unit, thereby eliminating the need for additional devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If separate devices are used for forming dough sheets and subsequent rolling and kneading, then the dough processing functions are performed effectively, but the floor space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the dough sheet forming function and the rolling/kneading function into a single integrated device. The forming rollers create the dough sheet while guide discs extend from the end faces to cover the gap between rollers, enabling both functions in one unit. This eliminates the need for separate downstream rolling devices, directly resolving the contradiction between functional effectiveness and floor space requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The device performs multiple functions simultaneously: the forming rollers shape the dough sheet while the guide discs provide guiding and additional forming action. This multi-functional design allows one device to replace what traditionally required separate equipment, reducing floor space while maintaining processing effectiveness.
2Ease of operation
If guide discs are added to cover the gap between forming rollers, then dough guiding is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The guide discs are integrated directly onto the forming rollers, with each guide disc disposed on an end face of a forming roller. This merging of guiding elements with the existing roller structure provides effective dough guidance without adding completely separate guiding devices, thus improving ease of operation while limiting the increase in device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The device enables a more compact design of dough processing facilities, optimizing production for small operations by integrating the functions of dough sheet formation, rolling, and kneading into a single, space-efficient unit.
Implementation Method 1
the drum is rotatable around a drum axis, and wherein the rollers are revolvable about the drum axis by a rotation of the drum
Implementation Method 2
the rolling station is configured to roll the dough between the satellite roller and the counter roller
Implementation Method 3
roll the dough between the satellite roller and the counter roller
Implementation Method 4
a first guiding element, which is configured to confine an evasion of the dough in a first confinement direction, which is oriented transversely, preferably perpendicularly, with respect to the production direction
Data Source
AI summary
A dough processing device having a conveyor configured to convey dough in a production direction, and a rolling station. The rolling station includes a satellite roller having a drum and at least two rollers configured to engage the dough, wherein the drum is rotatable about a drum axis, and the rollers are revolvable about the drum axis by rotation of the drum. The rolling station further includes a counter roller disposed opposite the satellite roller, wherein the rolling station is configured to roll the dough between the satellite roller and the counter roller. The rolling station includes a first guiding element configured to confine an evasion of the dough in a first confinement direction oriented transversely with respect to the production direction, wherein the first guiding element is further configured to support the conveying of the dough.