Device and method for the production and the sale of dough pieces

US7156293B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Werner & Pfleiderer Lebensmitteltechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Knost · Dinkelsbühl, DE
• Thomas Schmidt · Heidelberg, DE
• Alexander Meier · Zürich, CH
• Christian Habermann · Stuttgart, DE
• Bernd Dannenhauer · Bogen, DE
• Frank Blümel · Dinkelsbühl, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/0078
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A device for the production and the sale of dough pieces comprises at least a first supply bin for keeping a pre-determined first quantity of the raw dough pieces. A first recording unit serves the recording of a customer request. A display device serves the display of a price for the recorded customer request. A payment transaction is recorded by means of a second recording unit. A baking device serves the baking of raw dough pieces pursuant to the customer's request to ready-baked dough pieces. The ready-baked dough pieces are made available in at least one supply bin that is accessible to the customer. Two delivery units serve the delivery of the raw dough pieces and/or of the ready-baked dough pieces from the first supply bin to the baking device and/or from baking device to the second supply bin. Depending upon the data recorded by the recording units, a control unit controls the delivery units and the baking device. The result is a device and a method that can be applied by means of it and operated in a cost-efficient way for the production and the sale of dough pieces.