Winding machine for dough and method

A method for winding dough with a winding machine, the winding machine comprising

• a main body;
• a first roller mounted on the main body rotatably around a roller axis, the first roller having a conical or frustoconical shape;
• a motor for rotationally driving the first roller, wherein a motor shaft of the motor is detachably connected to the roller axis;
• a pressing device for pressing dough rolled up on the first roller onto the first roller, the pressing device comprising a first arm and a second arm, the first arm being pivotably connected to the main body at a first pivot point and the second arm being pivotably connected to the main body at a second pivot point, wherein a line through the two pivot points defines a rotation axis of the pressing device;
• a handle connected between the two arms for pivoting the pressing device;
• and
• a second roller rotatably supported between the two arms and disposed between the rotation axis and the handle such that the handle can be used to adjust the second roller towards the first roller;
• wherein the method comprises:
• helically or spirally winding a dough strip onto the first roller such that an edge of a first winding of the dough strip laterally adjoins to, or abuts, an edge of a second winding of the dough strip subsequently wound onto the first roller,
• pivoting the pressing device or actuating the pressing device of the winding machine towards the first roller such that the dough strip is pressed onto the first roller by the second roller, and
• stopping the rotation of the first roller, wherein after stopping the rotation of the first roller, which is at least partially wrapped with dough, the first roller is removed from the winding machine and a further empty second roller is installed in the winding machine,
• baking the dough strip wound onto the first roller by rotating the first roller above or in front of a heat source to create a baked dough, and
• detaching the baked dough from the first roller.