Patent ID: 11006635

Abstract:
A method for processing a U-shaped dough strand (100) having a first dough strand end, which can be used as a securing dough strand end (111), and a second dough strand end, which can be used as a looping dough strand end (121), in which the dough strand (100) is looped by means of a processing head (200) having at least two gripping means (201, 202) to form at least one dough strand loop (161, 162, 163) and is positioned by means of a processing table (300) having positioning means (304, 305, 306, 307), and at least one positioning means embodied as a lifting means (307) raises sections of the dough strand (100) to a raised position relative to the processing table (300), and/or at least one positioning means embodied as a table gripper (306) stretches and/or pulls sections of one of the dough strand ends (121). At least one positioning means (308) embodied as a knotting means (308) spreads and/or expands an opening of a dough strand loop (161) and/or guides a dough strand end (121) through the dough strand loop (161), and said dough strand end (121) is secured in place by means of the dough strand loop (161).