DE9208779U1 - Device for forming dough pieces for baked goods - Google Patents

Description

Device for forming dough pieces for baking trolleys

The innovation relates to a device for forming dough pieces for baked goods.

There is an increasing need for rationalization of production in bakeries.

The aim of the innovation is to demonstrate a device with which dough pieces for baked goods, especially for rolls, can be produced efficiently while maintaining the required weight and saving on previously usual work steps.

To solve this problem, a device is designed according to the characterizing part of claim 1.

The innovative device has the advantage that it can be used to produce dough pieces, particularly dough pieces for rolls or pastries, under reproducible conditions, without the need for a large number of manual work steps. By first forming a dough sheet with a predetermined width and a thickness that can be regulated within certain limits and by cutting this dough sheet into dough sheet sections that have a predetermined length and whose weight is determined individually in order to regulate the thickness of the dough sheet or the length of the dough sheet sections, clearly reproducible conditions can be achieved with simple means when producing dough pieces for rolls or similar baked goods. Furthermore, this device allows the dough to be treated gently, which has an extremely positive effect on the quality of the baked goods produced.

In one embodiment of the invention, the width of the dough strip produced in the first device is also adjustable, which in conjunction with the cutting station or with the possibility of

By adjusting the length of the cut dough strip sections, very different sizes can be achieved for the latter and thus also for the dough pieces produced.

Further developments of the innovation are the subject of the dependent claims.

The innovation is explained in more detail below using the figure, which shows a schematic representation and a top view of a production line for making dough pieces for rolls.

In the figure, 1 is a device for producing a flat dough sheet with a predetermined width, whereby the thickness of the dough sheet 2 can be controlled by appropriately controlling the device 1. The output of the device 1 is followed by a conveyor 3, which is at least partially formed by conveyor belts and with which the dough sheet 2 is moved in the direction of the dough A. An electrically driven and controllable cutting station 4 is provided on the conveyor 3, after which the conveyor 3 has an acceleration or transport section with a slightly higher conveying speed.

At the cutting station 4, the dough sheet 2 is cut perpendicular to the transport direction A into dough sheet sections 2', the dimensions of which in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction A correspond to the width of the dough sheet 2 and the dimensions of which in the transport direction A can be adjusted within certain limits.

Following the cutting station 4 in the transport direction A, i.e. in the area of the acceleration section of the conveyor, a weighing device 5 is provided, through which all dough strip sections 2' pass, one at a time. Each dough strip section 1' is weighed on this weighing device. If the weighing result deviates from a specified target value, a control signal is sent to the cutting station provided immediately before the weighing device 5, with which the weighing result can be increased or decreased.

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Reducing the weight of the dough strip sections 2', the length cut off from the dough strip 2 is increased or reduced. In addition or independently of this, a control signal is delivered to the device 1, which, depending on the result of the weighing device 5, causes an increase or reduction in the thickness of the dough strip 2.

At the end of the conveyor 5, the dough strip sections 2' are each transferred to the conveyor 6 of a device 7, which forms a plurality, for example thirty, dough pieces 8 for rolls from each dough strip section 2'.

The advantage of the system described is that it produces the dough pieces 8 with the prescribed weight as automatically as possible, while handling the dough sheet 2 gently.

Preferably, the device 1 is designed such that the width of the dough sheet 2 is adjustable.

The innovation was described above using an example embodiment. It goes without saying that changes and modifications are possible without thereby departing from the inventive concept underlying the innovation.

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List of reference numbers used

1 device for forming a dough sheet

2 dough strips

2' dough sheet section

3 Transporter

3' acceleration or separation section

4 Cutting station

5 Weighing device

6 Transporter

7 Device for forming dough pieces

8 dough pieces

Claims (5)

Protection claims 1. Device for producing dough pieces, characterized by the combination a first device (1) for producing a dough sheet, a conveyor (3) connected to this device with a cutting station (4) for separating the dough sheet into dough sheet sections (2 ¹ ), a weighing device (5) following the cutting station (4) for determining the weight of each dough sheet section (2') and a second device (6) following the weighing device for forming dough pieces from the dough strip sections ( 2 ' ). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cutting station (4) can be controlled by a signal derived from the weighing device (5). 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first device (1) or a device of this first device (1) determining the thickness of the dough sheet (2) can be controlled by a signal derived from the measuring signal of the weighing device (5). 4. Device according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the second device (7) is designed for forming several dough pieces for rolls from each dough strip section (2'). 5. Device according to one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the first device (1) for changing the dough sheet thickness is adjustable.