Fritsch Bakery Technologies Gmbh & Co. Kg

Fritsch Gmbh

A. Fritsch Gmbh & Co. Kg

Frisch Bakery Technologies Gmbh & Co. Kg

Getrag Ford Transmissions Gmbh

Magna Pt B.v. & Co. Kg

Getrag B.v. & Co. Kg

Udo Bernhardt

Rainer Wagner

Klaus Nowotny

Ralf Studtrucker

Mirko Dorsch

Alex Wagner

Thomas Paumen

A dough portioning device comprises a metering device with a container configured to receive a supply of dough, and a separator configured to separate a defined quantity of dough from the supply of dough and to discharge the quantity of dough at a discharge end of the metering device in a discharge direction. The dough portioning device furthermore comprises a conveyor device configured to transport dough in a conveying direction, wherein the conveyor device comprises a conveyor belt, and is arranged below the discharge end of the metering device. The conveyor device furthermore comprises a belt guide configured to bend/fold lateral sections of the conveyor belt relative to a middle section in a direction towards the metering device. The middle section of the conveyor belt has a declivity relative to the discharge end of the metering device, at least in a section in the region of the metering device.

Dough portioning device

A device for orienting wound dough products includes a first conveyor belt circulating with a first conveying speed and transporting a wound dough product having an end protruding from a circumference of the dough product. A second conveyor belt receives the wound dough product from the first conveyor belt and circulates with a second conveying speed which is different from the first conveying speed. The difference between the first conveying speed and the second conveying speed sets the wound dough product received from the first conveyor belt in a desired rolling motion on the second conveyor belt, wherein after the wound dough product has reached a defined end position in which the end of the wound dough product abuts on the second conveyor belt, the rolling motion of the wound dough product stops.

Method and device for orienting wound dough products in a defined end position

The present disclosure relates to a device for forming a substantially straight, in particular wound, dough piece into an annular shape, comprising a bending unit for annularly bending the dough piece. The bending unit may comprise at least one retaining jaw, two movably supported shaping jaws, a lifting device and a stamp. While being in engagement with the dough piece, one of the shaping jaws provided with a projection is displaceable along a displacement path section between an initial position, in which the projection is in contact with a lower surface of the dough piece, and a final position, in which the projection has been brought out of engagement with the dough piece.

Device and method for forming dough pieces

Device for orienting wound dough products in a defined end position

A system is provided for conveying dough along a conveying section, and the system comprises an elongate dough-conveying element that defines the conveying section. The dough-conveying element comprises a dough-supporting region that forms a supporting surface for dough conveyable or to be conveyed by means of the system, and at least one lateral region extending laterally along the dough-supporting region in the longitudinal direction of the dough-conveying element. The at least one lateral region is movably disposed or formed, in particular pivotally disposed or formed, relative to the dough-supporting region. Furthermore, the dough-conveying element exhibits flexurally-rigid material behavior in the vicinity of the dough-supporting region and resiliently-extensible material behavior in the vicinity of the at least one lateral region.

System for conveying dough along a conveying section

A method for processing a U-shaped dough strand () having a first dough strand end, which can be used as a securing dough strand end (), and a second dough strand end, which can be used as a looping dough strand end (), in which the dough strand () is looped by means of a processing head () having at least two gripping means () to form at least one dough strand loop () and is positioned by means of a processing table () having positioning means (), and at least one positioning means embodied as a lifting means () raises sections of the dough strand () to a raised position relative to the processing table (), and/or at least one positioning means embodied as a table gripper () stretches and/or pulls sections of one of the dough strand ends (). At least one positioning means () embodied as a knotting means () spreads and/or expands an opening of a dough strand loop () and/or guides a dough strand end () through the dough strand loop (), and said dough strand end () is secured in place by means of the dough strand loop ().

Method for processing a strand of dough and dough processing apparatus therefor

The invention relates to a method for machine production of pretzels, comprising:

Method for mechanical pretzel production

A dough processing system for processing a U-shaped strand of dough comprising a processing head, which has two gripping means for looping the dough strand, and a shaping table, which is provided with positioning means for positioning the dough strand, wherein the shaping table is embodied as a processing table, in which various positioning means of the processing table have multiple different processing functions.

Dough processing system and method therefor

The invention relates to a device for creating blanks from pieces of dough, in particular triangular pieces of dough, from at least one web of dough, comprising a plurality of cutting tools which cut an edge of the pieces of dough as a result of a movement oriented against the at least one web of dough and comprising a conveyor belt device on which the at least one web of dough is conveyed. The cutting tools are arranged on a drum, which is driven in a rotating manner, via tool holders, said drum being superimposed with a vertical movement such that one or more cutting toolswhich can be found circulating about the drum are moved parallel to the conveyor belt device as a result of the superimposed sequence of movements of the drum rotation and the vertical movement of the drum.

Method and device for creating blanks from pieces of dough from one or more webs of dough

A method and device for forming dough in a U or annular shape includes a gripper carrier, at least one retaining jaw attached to the gripper carrier and first and second pivot carriers. The pivot carriers are each supported about a respective pivot axis in the gripper carrier and perform an opposite pivot motion. The second pivot carrier is supported by a shaft that extends into and engages the gripper carrier, such that a pivotal motion of the second pivot carrier engages the shaft with the gripper carrier to simultaneously pivot and lift the second pivot carrier so to lift one end of the dough piece in relation to another end of the dough piece. Shaping jaws are attached to the first and second pivot carriers and can be brought into contact with the respective dough piece on an opposite second side.

Method for forming dough pieces

A device for forming dough in a U or annular shape includes a gripper carrier, at least one retaining jaw attached to the gripper carrier and first and second pivot carriers. The pivot carriers are each pivotably supported about a respective pivot axis in the gripper carrier and perform an opposite pivot motion. The second pivot carrier is pivotally supported by a shaft that extends into and engages the gripper carrier, such that a pivotal motion of the second pivot carrier engages the shaft with the gripper carrier to simultaneously pivot and lift the second pivot carrier in a direction of the respective pivot axis so to lift one end of the dough piece in relation to another end of the dough piece. Shaping jaws are attached to the first and second pivot carriers and can be brought into contact with the respective dough piece on an opposite second side.

Device for forming dough pieces

An apparatus for the knotting of a dough strand into a desired form, particularly for the knotting of a dough strand into a pretzel form, wherein the dough strand subject to stretching of the dough strand length is knotted around a form element that provides the desired form for a dough strand with larger starting length than the actual length of the dough strand and/or the desired form with an increased form size, whereupon the form element that establishes the desired form is removed, at least partially, so that the dough strand that was placed into the desired form contracts into a final size.

Process for knotting a dough strand into a desired form, especially knotting a dough strand into a pretzel form, plus related apparatus

The invention relates to a device and a method for the automated production of knotted dough products, in particular pretzels. Said device comprises: a shaping table () for horizontally supporting a U-shaped bent dough strand (); a shaping tool () that can be activated to vertically support the U-shaped bent dough strand (), the shaping table () and activated shaping tool () forming a common stop for the U-shaped bent strand (); and a knotting head () for seizing the ends of the dough strand and for knotting said strand (). According to the invention, the knotting head () can be displaced from a seizing position (), in which the ends of the U-shaped bent dough strand () are seized, into an extension position (), in which the dough strand is extended, then into a knotting position (), in which the dough strand is knotted and finally into a placing position, in which the ends of the dough strands are placed on the central part of the dough strand. In addition, the common shaping stop is configured to be stationary, in particular on the horizontal displacement plane.

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Iphofen, Germany

Udo Bernhardt