Dough Sheeter Cutter Roller

Abstract

An improved dough sheeter having a pair of counterrotating sheeter rollers and a cutter roller rotating against a front one of the sheeter rollers to cut a pattern into a sheet of dough therebetween. The improvement is the cutter roller being formed from an oil-impregnated wear resistant plastic that results in a much longer cutter life. The dough sheeter's cutter roller may have axial shaft, a pair of cutter lift arms including a U-shaped end, and a pair of needle bearing assemblies, each needle bearing assembly located on a corresponding end of the axial shaft. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a cutter roller for a dough sheeter where the crown is formed before the cutting pattern is cut into the cutter roller.

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         4 . A method of forming a cutter roller for a dough sheeter comprising the steps of:
 providing a roller blank of a desired diameter;   boring an axial aperture in the roller blank;   installing a shaft in the axial aperture of the roller blank;   creating a crown on the roller blank by removing material from the roller blank to create a crowned roller blank; and   machining the cutting pattern into the crowned roller blank to create a finished cutter roller.   
     
     
         5 . The method of forming a cutter roller of  claim 4  wherein the roller blank is formed from an oil-impregnated plastic.