Apparatus for making confectionery
US4371329A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S425/102
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to confectionery moulding apparatus through which moulds, each containing at least one mould cavity having minute holes in its base, are traversed successively by a conveyor. After filling with confectionery and subsequently cooling the moulds pass in inverted relation beneath a demoulding unit which blows air through the holes in the bases of the mould cavities to eject the confectionery from the cavities. To reduce the force required for demoulding each mould has a backing plate spaced from the perforated base of the mould cavity or each mould cavity to define an air chamber and the demoulding unit includes an air pipe which is brought into sealing engagement with a hole in the backing plate of each mould to deliver air into the chamber and so effect demoulding.
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