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.

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.

A device for twisting pieces of dough comprises a conveyor configured to convey pieces of dough in a production direction. The device further comprises at least one holding belt arranged above the conveyor and configured to engage with a first portion of a piece of dough arranged on the conveyor. Further, the device comprises a turning device configured to turn a turning portion of the piece of dough relative to the first portion and upwardly while the holding belt engages with the first portion of the piece of dough.

A device for twisting pieces of dough comprises a conveyor configured to convey pieces of dough in a production direction. The device further comprises at least one holding belt arranged above the conveyor and configured to engage with a first portion of a piece of dough arranged on the conveyor. Further, the device comprises a turning device configured to turn a turning portion of the piece of dough relative to the first portion and upwardly while the holding belt engages with the first portion of the piece of dough.

The present teaching relates to a device for applying scatterable material, in particular poppy or sesame, to the bottom of pieces of dough. It includes a covering belt for transporting the pieces of dough from a dough receiving point to a dough dispensing point, it being possible to receive pieces of dough not sprinkled on the bottom thereof onto the covering belt at the dough receiving point and to dispense pieces of dough sprinkled on the bottom thereof from the covering belt at the dough dispensing point. A scatterable-material unit holds and applies the scatterable material, which scatterable-material unit is arranged below the transport plane. A transport belt is arranged at least partly below the scatterable-material unit, it being possible to apply scatterable material to the transport belt by means of the scatterable-material unit,

The present teaching relates to a device for applying scatterable material, in particular poppy or sesame, to the bottom of pieces of dough. It includes a covering belt for transporting the pieces of dough from a dough receiving point to a dough dispensing point, it being possible to receive pieces of dough not sprinkled on the bottom thereof onto the covering belt at the dough receiving point and to dispense pieces of dough sprinkled on the bottom thereof from the covering belt at the dough dispensing point. A scatterable-material unit holds and applies the scatterable material, which scatterable-material unit is arranged below the transport plane. A transport belt is arranged at least partly below the scatterable-material unit, it being possible to apply scatterable material to the transport belt by means of the scatterable-material unit,

A device and a method for forming bar-shaped croissant dough in a U-shape, for then quickly and precisely arranging both legs of the U-shape to have the same length, and for producing croissants in a required shape are provided. A device for circularizing croissant dough 100 comprises a first guide for reducing a width 114 that moves a first end 5a of the U-shaped croissant dough 5 toward a center of the U-shape, a plate 118 that is inserted under a second end 5b of the U-shaped croissant dough 5 and lifts the second end 5b, a second guide for reducing the width 116 that moves the second end 5b that is lifted toward the center of the U-shape, and a pusher 130 that vertically presses the first end 5a and the second end 5b that are moved to the center of the U-shape so as to stick one to the other.

A device and a method for forming bar-shaped croissant dough in a U-shape, for then quickly and precisely arranging both legs of the U-shape to have the same length, and for producing croissants in a required shape are provided. A device for circularizing croissant dough 100 comprises a first guide for reducing a width 114 that moves a first end 5a of the U-shaped croissant dough 5 toward a center of the U-shape, a plate 118 that is inserted under a second end 5b of the U-shaped croissant dough 5 and lifts the second end 5b, a second guide for reducing the width 116 that moves the second end 5b that is lifted toward the center of the U-shape, and a pusher 130 that vertically presses the first end 5a and the second end 5b that are moved to the center of the U-shape so as to stick one to the other.

Disclosed is an apparatus for making a pastry in the shape of a cone, including a base carrying a plate, a cone holder removably mounted on the plate, at least one conical mold removably mounted on the cone holder, and a guide to guide a tool for depositing a preparation intended forming the pastry. The guide and cone holder are arranged so the depositing tool and the conical mold move with respect to each other to deposit, on the mold, the preparation to become the pastry to obtain at least one cone of the preparation formed around the conical mold. Also disclosed are equipment including the apparatus and the depositing tool, a method for making a pastry in the shape of a cone from a preparation intended to become the pastry by using the apparatus or the equipment, as well as the pastry in the shape of a cone.

A method of forming a twisted product from elongated food materials comprises steps of continuously and downwardly discharging elongated food materials and at the same time twisting the elongated food materials around a vertical axis; conveying the elongated food materials by a conveyor in a lateral direction after the elongated food materials have reached the conveyer; narrowing a separating portion of a lowering region of the elongated food material by a shutter-type squeezing device; allowing the separating portion to become a thin connecting portion which can be separated by a pulling operation, and separating the thin connecting portion to form a twisted product.