Abstract: A receiver and transfer device mainly intended for use in a dough treatment apparatus for receiving divided pieces of dough from a dough divider, and transferring such dough pieces to a discharge location, preferably a moulding drum. The device comprises catcher members pivotally mounted on a shaft for movement between a receiver position and a discharge position, the catcher members also being displaceable parallel to the axis of the shaft between first and second axial positions. The catcher members occupy the first axial position when they receive the dough pieces from the divider, and undergo axial separation to the second axial position, by operation of a ram and parallelogram linkage, before operation of a further ram takes place to effect partial movement of the catcher members to the discharge position.