Device and process for forming stuffed pasta products starting from a sheet of dough
A device for forming stuffed pasta products starting from a sheet of dough. The device includes dispensing means for dispensing a stuffing comprising at least one support for the stuffing and a forming station in which means for deforming the sheet of dough is arranged so as to create in the sheet of dough a housing site for housing a dose of stuffing coming from said support. The support may be movable along a predefined direction towards the product forming station.
1 . A device for forming stuffed pasta products starting from a sheet of dough, comprising:
dispensing means for dispensing a stuffing comprising at least one support for the stuffing; and
a forming station in which means for deforming the sheet of dough is arranged so as to create in the sheet of dough a housing site for housing a dose of stuffing coming from said support,
said support being movable along a predefined direction towards said forming station,
wherein said support comprises a tubular element extending along a prevalent direction parallel to the predefined direction and delimiting a first passage channel of the stuffing, said tubular element having an open end for dispensing the dose of stuffing and being telescopic along the prevalent direction so as to move the open end towards the forming station, said telescopic tubular element being composed by a plurality of portions that are each made to slide one with respect to the other so as to pass from an extracted configuration to a retracted configuration.
2 . The device according to claim 1 , further comprising a punching member configured to incise the sheet of dough.
3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein said punching member is placed upstream of the means for deforming the sheet of dough.
4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein said punching member is obtained by a shaping of the open end of said tubular element.
5 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein said punching member is integrally fixed to said tubular element at the open end thereof.
6 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein said punching member is interposed between said means for deforming the sheet of dough and said tubular element.
7 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein said tubular element is partially extensible inside the punching member.
8 . The device according to claim 6 , wherein said punching member is movable towards the forming station independently with respect to the telescopic movement of the tubular element.
9 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein said means for deforming the sheet of dough comprises a pair of parallel rotating rollers placed one above the other and defining a gap for the passage of the sheet of dough.
10 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said means for deforming the sheet of dough comprises a pair of parallel rotating rollers placed alongside one another and defining a gap for the passage of a first layer and a second layer of the sheet of dough.
11 . The device according to claim 10 , wherein said tubular element is orthogonal or inclined with respect to corresponding axes of rotation of the rollers.
12 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein said support consists of a plate-like element.
13 . The device according to claim 12 , wherein said plate-like element has a planar extension or planar with side edges or has a concave shape.
14 . A forming apparatus comprising a plurality of devices according to claim 1 , said devices being arranged alongside one another.