Apparatus and method for manufacturing bread

Abstract

A method according to this invention is comprised of a forming step to form a sheet from a block of bread dough that is kneaded from the raw materials for bread, a further forming step to form a bar-like dough by rolling or folding the sheet, a cutting step to cut the bar-like dough, and a placing step to place the bar-like pieces of dough that were cut at the cutting step into a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces upward. If there are air bubbles between layers of the bar-like pieces of dough, the air bubbles can escape from a cutting surface of the bar-like pieces of dough when they rise and expand at the fermenting and baking steps.

1 . A method for manufacturing bread having a placing step to place bread dough in a baking mold, a fermenting step to ferment said bread dough, and a baking step to bake said bread dough, comprising: 
 a cutting step to cut bar-like dough which has layers of dough sheets to a predetermined length, and    a placing step to place bar-like pieces of dough which have been cut at said cutting step in a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces vertically up from said baking mold.    
     
     
         2 . A method for manufacturing bread having a placing step to place bread dough in a baking mold, a fermenting step to ferment said bread dough, and a baking step to bake said bread dough, comprising: 
 a cutting step to cut bar-like dough to a predetermined length, said dough having layers of dough sheets and including solid food particles in it, and    a placing step to place bar-like pieces of dough which have been cut at said cutting step in a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces vertically up from said baking mold.    
     
     
         3 . An apparatus for manufacturing bread, comprising: 
 a transfer conveyor to transfer bar-like pieces of dough which have been cut to a predetermined length, and    a placing apparatus to place said bar-like pieces of dough in a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces vertically up from said baking mold.    
     
     
         4 . A method for manufacturing bread having a placing step to place bread dough in a baking mold, a fermenting step to ferment said bread dough, and a baking step to bake said bread dough, comprising: 
 forming and conveying steps to form a sheet of said bread dough and convey said sheet by a conveyor,    a forming step to form from said sheet of bread dough bar-like dough having layers of dough sheets,    a cutting step to cut said bar-like dough to a predetermined length, and    a placing step to place said bar-like pieces of dough which have been cut at said cutting step in a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces vertically up from said baking mold.    
     
     
         5 . The method for manufacturing bread according to  claim 4  wherein said forming and conveying steps further comprise a scattering step to scatter solid food particles on said sheet of bread dough.  
     
     
         6 . An apparatus for manufacturing bread, comprising: 
 a conveying apparatus to convey a sheet of bread dough,    a forming apparatus to form from said sheet of bread dough bar-like dough having layers of dough sheets,    a cutting apparatus to cut said bar-like dough to a predetermined length,    a transfer conveyor to transfer bar-like pieces of dough which have been cut by said cutting apparatus, and    a placing apparatus to place said bar-like pieces of dough in a baking mold so that at least one cutting plane faces vertically up from said baking mold.    
     
     
         7 . The apparatus for manufacturing bread according to  claim 6  wherein said conveying apparatus further comprises a scattering apparatus to scatter solid food particles on said sheet of bread dough.  
     
     
         8 . The method for manufacturing bread according to  claim 4   wherein said forming step is to form continuous bar-like dough by rolling said sheet of bread dough from one side to the other side.    
     
     
         9 . The method for manufacturing bread according to  claim 1   further comprising a deforming step to deform said bar-like dough so that it has an elliptic cross section.