摘要 |
DOUGH PIECE BENDING DEVICE A device for bending an elongated dough product, comprising a first endless conveyance means which is suitable for receiving and conveying on a part of a conveyance surface thereof a row of products at a predetermined spacing from each other, the center line of each product running essentially perpendicular to the conveyance direction when it is received, a mandrel having a center line crossing the first conveyance means, means of movement for moving the mandrel in the conveyance direction in the conveyance path of the products and then back outside the conveyance path, and bending means arranged in a bending region on either side of the center of the conveyance path for bending a product around the mandrel, whereby the mandrel is a mandrel of a row, closed in itself, of a number of mandrels, the mandrels are connected to such an endless conveyance means at the predetermined spacing from each other that each mandrel extends substantially vertically from the conveyance surface when reaching said conveyance surface part, and whereby the mandrels are moved continuously in the conveyance surface in a circulation direction with substantially the speed of the first conveyance means.
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