1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to machinery for picking up and depositing raw dough onto pans, and more particularly to a machine which functions automatically and continuously to deposit rectangular strips of raw dough onto pans to form a dough product which can be easily baked as a sandwich-type bun.
2. Description of the Prior Art
There are a number of prior art arrangements for automatically cutting and depositing gobs of dough into pans, such that the dough may subsequently be baked. For example, Roth et al disclose, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,596,613, automatic machinery for continuously cutting and depositing gobs of raw dough into pans.
In U.S. Pat. No. 2,018,950, Couture discloses an assembly line technique for making sandwich-type biscuits. Other prior art references of interest include the following U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,397,655 to Valadez; 2,970,268 to Doolin; 2,780,182 to Rand; 2,602,392 to Pankin; 3,111,913 to Maadek; 2,352,447 to Powers; 2,186,807 to Newberger; 2,014,384 to Kruttschnitt; 2,570,374 to Pompa; and U.S. Pat. No. Re. 22,399 to Fonken.