Method for continuous gum base manufacture
US6238710A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 12, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2035/98
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for continuously producing a chewing gum base comprises the step of compounding all of the ingredients in a single extruder. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of continuously adding an elastomer, a filler and a plasticizer into a continuous mixer, subjecting the elastomer, filler and plasticizer to a highly distributive mixing operation and continuously discharging the resulting chewing gum base from the mixer while the adding and mixing steps are in progress.
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