Apparatus for forming confectionery product
US6764293B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB30B11/16
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a shaped confectionery product of Bingham plastic rheology by cold extrusion wherein particles of the confectionery product are fed between counter-rotating form rolls having depressions corresponding to the desired product shape. The particles are compacted and compressed between the form rolls and fuse together to exit with a thin web of material interconnecting the shaped confectionery product. The release of the product from the roll surface is aided by induced differential motion between the rolls.
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