Apparatus for the manufacture of confectionery made of plural materials
US3940218A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 3, 1974 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23G3/22
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus for moulding confectionery, comprising a series of moulds, each of which is divided into a fixed half and a hinged half which is normally aligned with the fixed half, a conveyor for traversing the moulds in sequence past a filling station, through a cooling zone to a discharge station and back to the filling station, a depositor at the filling station which is arranged to deposit different materials into moulding cavities in each half of each mould, mechanism disposed at a folding station beyond the cooling zone for folding the hinged half of each mould about its hinge against the fixed half and effecting deposition of the contents of the moulding cavities thereof into the moulding cavities of the fixed half, mechanism disposed at a following unfolding station for returning the folded hinged half of each mould into alignment with its fixed half, and means for inverting the moulds prior to arrival at the discharge station and turning them right way up during their return to the filling station.
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