Patent ID: 8893874

Claim:
Method for aligning dough pieces on a conveying surface of a conveyor, comprising the steps of: providing at least one dough piece to a supply device arrange above the conveying surface, wherein the at least one dough piece is temporarily held by said supply device; supplying the at least one dough piece onto the conveying surface, wherein said conveying surface is moving in a conveyance direction, and wherein the at least one dough piece is supplied onto said conveying surface up-stream of a roller arranged at a distance above said conveying surface; blocking the conveyance of the at least one dough piece by the roller, wherein said roller is driven to rotate in a rotation direction such that a peripheral velocity at a side of said roller facing said conveying surface is substantially opposite to said conveyance direction; temporarily reversing said rotation direction of the roller in order to pass the at least one dough piece underneath said roller; and conveying the at least one dough piece on said conveying surface.