Apparatus for freezing confections
First Claim
1. An apparatus for freezing confection material comprising:
- mold means for receiving confection material including a plurality of mold cups that are arranged in several rows and including walls extending transversely between the upper ends of adjacent cups in each row, said mold cups having polygonal cross-sectional configurations having wide and narrow side faces with the wide side faces extending transversely of the associated row of mold cups, means for conveying said mold means along a path of travel extending parallel to the wide side faces of the mold cups, several rows of nozzles disposed under said mold means along said path of travel, the nozzles being spaced in uniform intervals in alignment with said transverse walls between adjacent cups, and means for supplying coolant under pressure to said nozzles being oriented to force jets of coolant from said nozzles upwardly to impinge against said transverse wall portions between adjacent mold cups in the overlying row of mold cups.
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Abstract
An apparatus for freezing confection material includes a plurality of separate mold strips which are indexed in a closely spaced single file over several longitudinally spaced, transversely extending rows of nozzles. Coolant is forced upwardly from the nozzles in single vertical jets which impinge perpendicularly against the mold strips midway between adjacent mold cups. The mold cups are arranged with their wide side faces extending in their direction of travel, and the single jets of coolant impinge upon support wall portions of the mold strips which extend transversely between such opposing wide side faces. The mold strips have intermeshing end wall configurations that enable the coolant to be continuously sprayed without concern that the coolant may be injected upwardly between the strips to contaminate the confection material within the mold cups.
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1. An apparatus for freezing confection material comprising:
- mold means for receiving confection material including a plurality of mold cups that are arranged in several rows and including walls extending transversely between the upper ends of adjacent cups in each row, said mold cups having polygonal cross-sectional configurations having wide and narrow side faces with the wide side faces extending transversely of the associated row of mold cups, means for conveying said mold means along a path of travel extending parallel to the wide side faces of the mold cups, several rows of nozzles disposed under said mold means along said path of travel, the nozzles being spaced in uniform intervals in alignment with said transverse walls between adjacent cups, and means for supplying coolant under pressure to said nozzles being oriented to force jets of coolant from said nozzles upwardly to impinge against said transverse wall portions between adjacent mold cups in the overlying row of mold cups.
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5. An apparatus for freezing confection material comprising:
- a plurality of mold carriers, a plurality of mold strips individually supported on the mold carriers, each mold strip including at least one row of uniformly spaced mold cups and wall portions extending between the upper ends of adjacent mold cups, a conveyor for intermittently driving the carriers in a horizontal plane along a path of travel, a plurality of spray nozzles mounted below the mold strips along the path, a pump for continuously supplying liquid coolant under pressure to the nozzles to produce jets of coolant issuing from the nozzles, and said conveyor being driven and said nozzles being arranged to cause the jets to impinge against the wall portions between adjacent mold cups when the strips are caused to dwell.
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