Patent ID: 8096699

Claim:
A dough processing machine ( 1 ) comprising a support frame ( 4 ); a dough feed device ( 3 , 8 ); a dough portioning device; a dough kneading device ( 20 ); a dough transfer device which transfers at least one dough portion ( 12 ) from at least one portioning chamber ( 13 ) of the dough portioning device ( 14 , 16 ) to at least one kneading chamber ( 21 ) of the dough kneading device ( 20 ) during transfer time periods, wherein the dough transfer device is designed such that in a transfer position of the portioning chamber ( 13 ), the dough portion ( 12 ) detaches from a discharge piston ( 16 ) and falls into the associated kneading chamber ( 21 ), wherein an adjustment device ( 35 ) is provided for defining a vertical distance (A) between the transfer device ( 14 , 16 ) and the kneading chamber ( 21 ).