Feeder assembly for raw dough blanks, especially dough strands pre-formed for making pretzels, and method of feeding such blanks

摘要

Feeder assembly for raw dough blanks (3, 3′), especially for dough blanks for pretzel production, which comprises a first conveyor belt (1) and at least one second conveyor belt (2) which are arranged sequentially one after the other, said raw dough blanks (3) being disposed on the first conveyor belt (1) at the beginning of the feeding process and being transferred from first conveyor belt (1) to second conveyor belt (2), with the speed of the at least one second conveyor belt (2) higher by a given amount that the speed of the first conveyor belt, whereby the raw dough blanks (3) are stretched and aligned in parallel with the direction of movement of second conveyor belt (2) when transferred from first conveyor belt (1) to second conveyor belt (2). (FIG. 1)