Patent ID: 8418835

Claim:
A feeder assembly for raw dough blanks which are formed as lengths of dough strand that are pre-formed for the production of pretzels, comprising the improvement wherein a first conveyor belt and at least one second conveyor belt are arranged sequentially one after the other, with the raw dough blanks being disposed on said first conveyor belt at a beginning of a feeding process and being transferred from said first conveyor to said at least one second conveyor belt, and wherein a speed of the at least one second conveyor belt is higher by a given amount than a speed of the first conveyor belt, such that said raw dough blanks, when being transferred from said first conveyor belt to said second conveyor belt, are stretched and aligned to be parallel with a direction of movement of said second conveyor belt to form lengths of dough strand which is pre-formed for the production of pretzels, the first conveyor belt and said at least one second conveyor belt each having a respective adhesive coefficient of friction wherein the adhesive friction coefficient of said at least one second conveyor belt is higher than the adhesive friction coefficient of said first conveyor belt.