Patent ID: 8173191

Claim:
Method for the mechanised manufacture of tied dough blanks composed of dough strands, in particular of pretzel blanks, wherein in a first step a dough strand ( 46 ) is received by the dough strand ends ( 46 a ) by a tying head ( 9 ) of a dough-tying device, which is in a gripping position ( 48 ), wherein in a second step the dough strand ( 46 ) is stretched in its longitudinal direction by a degree of stretch (d), the tying head ( 9 ) with the dough strand ends ( 46 a ) is moved from the gripping position ( 48 ) into a stretching position ( 49 ), and the dough strand intermediate section is held between the dough strand ends ( 46 a ) by means of a stationary stop ( 5 , 6 ), wherein in a third step the tying head ( 9 ) is moved into a tying position ( 51 ) or is rotated, the dough strand ( 46 ) being tied, and wherein in a fourth step the tying head ( 9 ) is moved into a depositing position ( 52 ) in which the dough strand ends are deposited on the rest of the dough strand, characterised in that: in the second step a control which may be set by programme and/or circuit technology is used with an actuator ( 15 ) for the tying head ( 9 ), in the case of which control or actuator the degree of stretch (d) may be preset in a variable manner.