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Abstract

A dough divider comprises a dough receiving hopper, a pressurizing chamber positioned beneath the hopper, a manifold positioned beneath the pressurizing chamber, a plurality of cut off heads positioned beneath the manifold, and a cut off knife assembly positioned beneath the cut off heads. At least one auger is positioned within the hopper for forcing dough received therein into the pressurizing chamber. Pressure applied to the dough within the pressurizing chamber releases CO.sup.2 therefrom. The manifold provides uniform distribution of the dough to all of the cut off heads. The cut off heads form the dough into a plurality of dough streams comprising individually regulated diameters. The cut off knife assembly severs the dough streams into equal length dough balls thereby producing dough balls that are substantially identical in weight.

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