Claims:1. A table top roller machine for multi-layer flatbread making comprising of:
a. a roller;
b. a rolling pan plate;
c. a motor;
d. a controller;
wherein, the roller and the rolling pan plate are used in making the flatbreads and cutting the rolled sheet of dough into equal sized discs respectively; the motors can provide power with servo feedback to the controller, which operates the PWM controlling methods.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the said roller and said rolling pan plate are coated with non-stick material.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the said roller and the said rolling pan plate are assembled can be used to make multilayer flatbreads and stuffed flatbreads.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein, the said device uses volume net cutter mechanism (VNCM) to divide the flattened dough into equal parts.
, Description:Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention is related generally to food industry, and more particularly to the machine which produces flat breads including chapati, roti in large scale and small scale.
Background of the Invention
When dough is made of flour and water, they can be rolled to make thick or thin flat breads using several materials which can include rolling pins, roller machines and so forth. A rolling pin is a cylindrical food preparation utensil used to shape and flatten dough. The rollers in the rolling machine can be in the form of a thick cylinder with/without small handles at each end. When the flat breads are made in small scale, then the rolling pins and food impression makers can be used which can roll out fewer number of dough proportions to make flatbreads.
But when larger numbers of flat breads are to be made in the case of hotels, restaurants, catering and so forth, larger equipment for flat bread rolling are required.
There are several prior art patents which provide different solutions for rolling flat bread in which several are listed below.
US patent application 3947179A by NEUENKIRCHENER EISENGIESSEREI und MASCHINENFABRIK EMIL KEMPER GmbH discloses dough rolling machine that is capable of continuously feeding pieces of dough on a traveling surface first to a roll for the flattening operation where the pieces of dough are caused to assume the proper length and width for the desired product to be created therefrom. As the flattened dough is emitted from the rolling operation, the leading edge thereof is caused to be raised from the traveling surface and directed rearward while the remainder of the dough progresses through the rolling operation and is advanced to another member which rolls the length of dough upon itself to complete the formation of the finished product.
EPO patent application 1099379A2 by Italiana Agro Alimentare Srl discloses a device for shaping portions of bread dough or the like. A device for shaping portions of bread dough or the like comprises a roller (25) having opposed side handles (26), a substantially central body (27), a plurality of discs (29) projecting from the central body (27) and extending around its periphery, and shaping elements (28) projecting from the central body (27). The device has the advantage of simplifying and speeding up operations to shape portions of bread dough and, at the same time, producing loaves which can easily be divided into separate bread rolls having a certain regularity of shape.
US patent application 7252491B2 by Gourmet Impressions Inc discloses food impressing roller device for food items, which is a rolling device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. As the device is hand-rolled along the food, the decorative letters and images create a repeated pattern of impressions upon the food. The roller device is particularly suitable for impressing narrow foods such as pizza crusts, certain pasta noodles, lattice pie tops, breadsticks, or the edges of melons. The device provides a firm, comfortable grip for all hand sizes that can be used with one or two hands.
US patent application 20060236872A1 by Robert Nordberg and Rajagopalan Chandrasekhar discloses a machine for making thin flatbread which comprises of a manually loaded flour bin and a manually loaded water tank. Flour and a water dispenser. A pair of batch mode devices each of which performs the actions of a mixer and a dispensing pump. An endless sheet of dough extruder discharging vertically downward onto an inclined hot plate. A hot plate vibrator. A second inclined hot plate. A tension-limiting means including a light sensor and a pair of rollers which passes the sheet either through a cutter and batch-gathering means or through a serrator followed by a vertical pass through oven and then through a cutter and batch-gathering means.
The drawbacks with the existing system and methods include technical issues in making soft tasty flat breads which are listed below. The existing automatic machine consumes more electrical energy and required more space. The existing pressing and cutting methods are not producing the multilayer flatbreads. The existing machines cannot be used to make stuffed flatbreads without making damage to them. The existing machines cannot reproduce the taste of handmade flatbreads. Another drawback of the existing system is that in some of the systems, the dough might stick to the roller and rotating pan plate.
Thus there is a need for a simple yet advanced machine which can be used to roll the dough in a table top assembly which can overcome all the mentioned drawbacks.
Objects of the Invention:
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine to create different qualities of flatbreads.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine to make multilayer flatbreads with high production capacity.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine which has low power consumption.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine with high energy efficiency.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine with light weight so that it can be portable.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a table-top roller machine with volume net cutter mechanism for cutting the dough into same size proportion for making flatbreads.
Summary of the Invention
The present invention discloses a table-top roller machine which comprises of a roller and a rotating pan plate which is coated with a non-stick material. The roller is used to roll the dough made from flour and water into thin sheets and the rotating plan plate can be used to cut the dough sheets into equal proportions to make flat breads. The table-top roller machine can be made in various models with several variations.
According to the present invention, the motors used in the models can below power with servo feedback to the controller, which operates the PWM controlling methods.
The present invention discloses a table-top roller machine which has a non-stick material coating on the rotating pan plate and roller. The assembly is very close to fitted each other properly in compact. The assembly is mounted the below the moveable rod and it is fitted on the small three mounting holes.
Detailed Description of the Invention
The present invention discloses a table-top roller machine which comprises of a roller and a rotating pan plate which is coated with a non-stick material. The roller is used to roll the dough made from flour and water into thin sheets and the rotating plan plate can be used to cut the dough sheets into equal proportions to make flat breads.
According to the present invention, the table top roller machine can be made in various models which can include:
a. Model 1:- Single (servo/DC/AC) motor concept to Table Top Roller Machine for one -roller up-down controller. In this model, the table-top roller machine is semi-automatic flatbread making machine in which the prepared dough has to be used to make the flatbreads. Mechanical arrangement left side controlled by M1. M1 is connected to the left side pull - push shaft with gear fitting as a rack and pinion for the move in up and down direction.
b. Model 2:- Dual (servo/DC/AC) motor concept to Table Top Roller Machine for one roller up-down controller. In this model, the table-top roller machine which is fully automatic, the flatbreads can be rolled to achieve fine and definite size. Mechanical arrangement right side controlled by M2. M2 is connected to the right side pull - push shaft with gear fitting as a rack and pinion for the move in up and down direction.
c. Model 3:- Tipple (servo/DC/AC) motor concept to Table Top Roller Machine for two- (servo/DC/AC)motors for one roller up-down controller & one (servo/DC/AC)motors for Bottom plate controller & fixed Top plate controller. This model of the table top roller machine has the roller arranged on the top mounting above the rotating plate. The roller is applying both sides the equal force to the downward and upward direction. The roller end tip is mounted on the rolling bearing therefore the roller is freely moving. The roller bearing is fitted on roller mounting assembly with the pull - push shaft and tip of roller. The rotating pan plate is mounted on the top of the M3 shaft directly with grub screw fitting. M3 motor speed is controlled with the PWM controlling method.
d. Model 4:- Triple (servo/DC/AC) motor concept to Table Top Roller Machine for two (servo/DC/AC) motors - for one roller up-down controller & one (servo/DC/AC)motors for Top plate controller & fixed Bottom plate controller.
e. Model 5:- Quadra (servo/DC/AC) motors concept to Table Top Roller Machine for two (servo/DC/AC) - roller up-down controller & one (servo/DC/AC) motor Top plate controller & One (servo/DC/AC) motor Bottom plate controller.
In Model 1 and Model 2, the motors are of low power and servo feedback to the controller and it operates the PWM controlling methods.
The motors in the models M1 and M2, run simultaneously for equal thickness of the each Food product [FP].
The present invention discloses a table-top roller machine which has a non-stick material coating on the rotating pan plate and roller. The assembly is very close to fitted each other properly in compact. The assembly is mounted the below the moveable rod and it is fitted on the small three mounting holes.

The specification of the parts of the table top roller machine is as follows.

Part Specification
AC Voltage Input AC 230V - 110V & 50hz -60Hz
DC voltage Input 6-12-24-48 Volt
Power A-model 9W-12W
B-model 12W-16W
C-model 16W -20W
Production Product Setting Size 2 step / 3 step /4 step / 5 step
Food Product Thickness 50µm / 100µm/ 150µm / 200 µm / 250µm/ 500µm
Production thickness Setting Size Single step to 5 step to 10 step
Flatbread Production time 5 -10 second 720-360 /hr model 1
Flatbread Production time 3 - 6 second 1200-600 /hr model 2
Production Setting food Product [FP] Puri , Khakra , Papad , Chapatti (Double, Triple, Multilayer) Puran Poli , Parotha , Bhakri , Roti , paratha , dhapata ..etc
Electrical energy consumption per food product. 7.5 mWhr to 55.55 mWhr
Roller Product volume size 0.015m3 min to 0.027m3 max

Volume Net-Cutter Mechanism [VNCM] No of cutting edges: 1 to 16
Volume cutting sizes 0.5 cm3 to 0.512m3
Food product [FP] production time 3 seconds min to 10 seconds max
Rolling machine weight less than 1800gm
Dead time setting with or without dead time
Continuous [C]and Noncontiguous [N] mode C/N
Operation Slow [S] / fast[F] S/F

Energy Consumption:

The energy consumption of the table-top roller machine is:
One Electrical unit (1EU) = 1unit =1KWhr = 1000Whr = every second power is 1000W
Available electrical power consumption in market rolling machine is 1000Whr
Hr production rate 3600 [FP];
Therefore, each product energy consumption rate is 1000Whr/3600 (FP) production
0.2778 = 277mWhr / each FP = 1EU/3600 = 277µEU
The present invention discloses unique Multilayer flatbread and stuffed flatbread making machine [LPC TTRM FOR MC,PP& FPM]. Food product [FP] rolling machine and Volume Net-Cutter Mechanism [VNCM]
Energy consumption: Each product electrical power consumption rate as follows
A-modal production per hr
1200 900 720 600 514 450 400 360
A-modal production time 3 second 4 second 5 seconds 6 seconds 7 seconds 8 seconds 9 seconds 10 seconds
9Whr 7.5 mWhr 10mWhr 12.5mWhr 15mWhr 17.5mW 20mWhr 22.5mWhr 25mWhr
10Whr 8.33mWhr 11.11mWhr 13.88mWhr 16.66mWhr 19.45mWhr 22.22mWhr 25mWhr 27.77mWhr
11Whr 9.16mWhr 12.22mWhr 15.27mWhr 18.33mW 21.40mWhr 24.44mWhr 27.5mWhr 30.55mWhr
12Whr 10mWhr 13.33mWhr 16.66mWhr 20mWhr 23.34mWhr 26.66mWhr 30mWhr 33.33mWhr

Ideal Values:
Electrical energy consumption of the table-top roller is 7.5 mWhr to 55.55 mWhr per food product. The roller product volume size is 0.015m3 min to 0.027m3 max. Volume Net-Cutter Mechanism [VNCM] used can have 1 to 16 number of cutting string edges with volume of cutting sizes ranging from 0.5 cm3 to 0.512m3. The ideal food product production time can be from 3 seconds minimum to 10 seconds maximum. The rolling machine net weight is less than 1800gm.