Apparatus for and method of making pastry cups and the like
US3958912A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 4, 1971 |
| Grant date | May 25, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 1991 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C2043/3684
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for and method of making products, such as pastry cups, ice cream cones and the like, by baking batter in split molds carried by mold bars, the molds cooperating with removable cores carried by core bars selectively latched to the mold bars. The mold bars are mounted on a continuously operating conveyor by which they are progressively carried through an oven, a core bar removing station, a mold opening and product removing station, mold closing and mold charging stations, a core bar replacement station, a core bar jogging station, and a core bar latching station. When the core bars with their cores are removed from the mold bars, they are temporarily stored on and carried by the conveyor. The apparatus includes split molds with mold opening and closing means; mechanism for removing core bars from mold bars, storing the core bars, and reapplying them to the mold bars; means for centering the core bars on the mold bars to thus register the cores with the mold cavities; mechanism for latching and unlatching the core bars; and means for removing the product from the molds and forwarding the same to a product trimming station.
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