Method for mechanical pretzel production

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10820598
APP PUB NO 20190037857A1
SERIAL NO

16071059

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

    providing a pretzel shaping and looping device, which receives strands of dough by means of a feed mechanism;gripping the central area of the strands of dough with a shaping unit of the device, wherein the central area of the strand of dough is wrapped around a plurality of bolt-type shaping elements of the shaping unit that are adjustable in height;gripping the ends of the dough using grippers and stretching the strand of dough (8) by pulling on the ends of the strand of dough, while securing the central area of the strand of dough by the shaping unit, andshaping a pretzel knot using a mutual rotation of the grippers, wherein the shaping of the pretzel knot is initiated by rotation of the grippers during the stretching of the strand of dough.

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FRITSCH BAKERY TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO KGMARKT EINERSHEIM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bernhardt, Udo Iphofen, DE 22 56

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