Patents by Inventor Joseph K. Pivonka

Joseph K. Pivonka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Dough moulding and apparatus for dough moulding with air cushion chute
    Patent number: 4666726
    Abstract: The invention relates to the moulding of dough pieces, for instance in the production of bread. In a dough moulding machine, there are pairs of sheeting rollers, which roll out the piece of dough into a sheet. In the method of the present invention the dough piece is caused to pass over a fluidized bed in its approach to a pair of sheeting rollers. Further, the dough piece may pass over a fluidized bed as it is transferred from one pair of sheeting rollers to a following pair of sheeting rollers.The invention also includes an arrangement for replacing the usual feed hopper of a dough panner by a conveyor, a fluidized bed and lateral locating devices for the dough piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Tweedy of Burnley Limited
    Inventor: Joseph K. Pivonka