Patents Assigned to Southern Bakeries, Inc.
  • Method and apparatus for dividing baker's dough into dough balls
    Patent number: 5750169
    Abstract: A mass of baker's dough is delivered from hopper (28) through stuffing pump (30), developer (38), branch conduits (42-44), through metering pumps (46-48), to dough divider (55), where the streams of dough are divided into dough balls which drop to a rounder bar conveyor (60). The columns of dough are independently maintained from the dough divider (55) to the sheeter-molder-panner (24-26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Southern Bakeries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jackie Lee Rose, Sterrett P. Campbell