It is an object of the present invention to provide a dough processing
apparatus capable of not only stably thinning and shaping dough, such as
a pizza dough, and so forth, into a thin sheet-like shape, but also
coping with dough in a wide variety of shapes with ease. A rounded dough
f obtained by portioning out dough to a predetermined quantity is
transferred toward under a first beating mechanism, and a second beating
mechanism by a belt conveyor. The first beating mechanism, and the second
beating mechanism make the vertical movement, alternately, whereupon the
dough f is pressed under pressure to be thereby thinned. The dough f
after thinned is then transferred by the belt conveyor to be delivered to
a dough-shaping apparatus. The dough f is transferred by a belt conveyor
to be surrounded by a horizontal die. The dough f as surrounded by the
horizontal die is pushed down from above by a rotator provided with a
plurality of push-rollers. Upon rotation of the rotator, the dough f is
thinned by the plurality of the push-rollers to be thereby shaped into a
shaped dough F in the shape of a thin sheet, circular in a plan view.