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Abstract

In apparatus for folding a dough sheet to enclose a foodstuff filling, such as in a tortilla-forming machine, an improved means for folding opposite sides of the dough sheets having side belts with runs extending along opposite sides of the upper run of a flat conveyor belt and a stationary elongated dough sheet engager disposed over the upper run and between the side belt runs. The side belt runs are substantially co-planar with the conveyor belt adjacent the beginning of its upper run and twist spirally so that intermediate portions thereof become upwardly and inwardly inclined above the conveyor belt upper run. The opposite sides of the dough sheets riding on the conveyor upper run are engaged from their undersides by the side belts and turned upwardly, inwardly and downwardly while being slidably supported by opposite sides of the stationary elongated dough sheet engager. Preferably, the dough sheet engaging surfaces of the stationary dough sheet engager are formed of Teflon or other material having comparable low friction or slippery properties.

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