ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,166, issued on June 17, was assigned to FRITSCH BAKERY TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Markt Einersheim, Germany).
"Dough processing device and dough processing facility" was invented by Josef Hoos (Markt Einersheim, Germany), Markus Fackelmann (Sommerach, Germany), Frank Van Der Wal (Markt Einersheim, Germany) and Michael Gier (Kitzingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 rota...