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Mold assembly for making a shell, in particular an edible shell

US5948313A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA21B3/13
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mold assembly including an outer mold and an associated inner mold, the inner mold being organized to engage in the outer mold, the outer mold having a curved main portion with a central opening and an outer rim extending in a plane, and the inner mold having a curved main portion with a central chimney shaped to pass with small clearance through the opening and an outer rim which, when the molds are mutually engaged, is coplanar with the outer rim of the outer mold and co-operates therewith to close the molding space defined between the curved portions.

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