Patent ID: 8388334

Claim:
A device for curling up dough slices for croissants, comprising: a conveyor for the dough slices; a gripping element, arranged above the conveyor, for curling up a dough slice conveyed under the gripping element by the conveyor; pressure means, for stabilizing the dough slices on the conveyor by pressing curled up dough slices on the conveyor; wherein the gripping element comprises an essentially flat flexible part and a plate arranged at the downstream end of the flexible part arranged at the downstream end in the direction of conveyance; the distance along which the gripping element grips dough slices is adjustable in the direction of conveyance; the length which the plate stretches from the downstream end of the flexible part in the direction of conveyance is adjustable; and the pressure means are arranged so close to the gripping element, that the dough piece is uninterruptedly gripped by the device during curling up and pressing, and the pressure means are displaceable such that they can be positioned in the vicinity of an end of the gripping element when the distance along which the gripping element grips the dough slices is adjusted.