Method for manufacturing gum base
US6010723A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2035/98
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A continuous process of making a chewing gum base which provides a method for cooling at least certain sections of the mixer (extruder) in a cost effective and energy efficient manner. To this end, in an embodiment, a method of continuously compounding chewing gum base in an extruder comprising the steps of: feeding into the extruder the necessary components to create a desired gum base; and adding to the extruder, at a desired location, a gum base component, at ambient temperature, that has a sufficient thermal capacity to cool at least a portion of the contents of the extruder to a desired temperature.
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