Method and apparatus for forming a ready-to bake, endless dough ring and method for the manufacture of a baked ring article from such a pre-formed dough ring
First Claim
1. An apparatus for forming a ready-to-bake, endless dough ring, comprisinga round-kneading station (6);
- a fermenting station (13a, 21;
13a, 21, 44, 45, 49, 50);
a pressure station (18, 27) for flattening pressure being exerted on an upper side and a lower side of a dough piece to be formed;
a punching station (32) for punching out a central portion of the dough piece;
a displacement station (29) disposed on a way of conveyance upstream of the punching station (32) for reducing demands on the punching station (32), the displacement station (29) being embodied such that displacement of a central portion of the dough piece outwards takes place prior to punching such that a thickness of the dough piece is reduced as compared to a rest of the dough piece where subsequent punching takes place;
a conveyor (7, 9, 15, 17, 24, 26;
7, 9, 15, 17, 24, 26, 40, 43, 47, 52) for dough pieces to be transferred between the round-kneading station (6), the fermenting station (13a, 21;
13a, 21, 44, 45, 49, 50), the pressure station (18, 27), the displacement station (29) and the punching station (32),wherein the displacement station (29) comprises a stamp with a spherical end.
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Abstract
For forming a ready-to-bake, endless dough ring, a dough piece is first round kneaded in a round-kneading station and then fermented in a fermenting station. In a pressure station, flattening pressure is exerted on two sides of the dough piece for a flat round piece to produce. After a relaxation interval, an inside hole is punched into the relaxed dough piece in a punching station, with a dough ring being obtained. The individual stations of a corresponding dough treatment system are connected to each other by means of a conveyor. Then secondary fermenting of the shaped dough ring takes place, which is followed by baking of a ring article. The result is an efficient method of forming a ready-to-bake, endless dough ring. Producing the baked ring article can be completely automated.
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1. An apparatus for forming a ready-to-bake, endless dough ring, comprising
a round-kneading station (6); -
a fermenting station (13a, 21;
13a, 21, 44, 45, 49, 50);a pressure station (18, 27) for flattening pressure being exerted on an upper side and a lower side of a dough piece to be formed; a punching station (32) for punching out a central portion of the dough piece; a displacement station (29) disposed on a way of conveyance upstream of the punching station (32) for reducing demands on the punching station (32), the displacement station (29) being embodied such that displacement of a central portion of the dough piece outwards takes place prior to punching such that a thickness of the dough piece is reduced as compared to a rest of the dough piece where subsequent punching takes place; a conveyor (7, 9, 15, 17, 24, 26;
7, 9, 15, 17, 24, 26, 40, 43, 47, 52) for dough pieces to be transferred between the round-kneading station (6), the fermenting station (13a, 21;
13a, 21, 44, 45, 49, 50), the pressure station (18, 27), the displacement station (29) and the punching station (32),wherein the displacement station (29) comprises a stamp with a spherical end. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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