Patent ID: 8850967

Claim:
A forming machine for forming a croissant dough piece in which a croissant dough piece that has already been linearly rolled up is conveyed in a conveying direction perpendicular to the length of the croissant dough piece, the machine comprising: a transporting conveyor for conveying the croissant dough piece in the conveying direction; an interception pin for intercepting the center portion of the croissant dough piece of the length thereof at the leading side thereof along the conveying direction; tapered rollers for pressing the lateral end portions of the croissant dough piece about the interception pin that is centered thereon such that both ends of that dough piece move toward each other to form or join them; characterized in that the tapered rollers are a pair of tapered rollers, wherein each tapered roller can be rotated horizontally; a first supporting means supports the interception pin, wherein the first supporting means is arranged above the transporting conveyor such that the first supporting means is vertically movable and movable in the conveying direction; a second supporting means supports the pair of tapered rollers to allow them to move toward each other in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the transporting conveyor, wherein a travelling motion of the pair of tapered rollers is faster than that of the interception pin along the conveying direction, and wherein the second supporting means is supported by the first supporting means; and wherein each tapered roller is downwardly tapered and provided with an inclined and tapered depressing surface such that the lower portions of the separated tapered rollers apply downward components of force on the lateral end portions of the croissant dough piece when they are joined or formed.