Method and an apparatus for producing moulded confection articles
First Claim
1. An apparatus for manufacturing moulded or frozen products, the apparatus comprising plural rows of individual moulds and means for moving the rows of invidual moulds successively through a filling station, a setting or freezing zone and a discharge station, said rows being disposed transversely of the direction of said moving, each of the moulds comprising opposed, separable mould parts, which, in said discharge station, are caused to be separated for removal of the product, characterized in that the moulds are openable generally in the direction of moving, and that guiding means are provided for holding the consecutive moulds as moved along said setting or freezing zone mutually spaced insufficiently for operational opening of the moulds, while, in or before said discharge station, means are provided for increasing the mutual distance between the rows sufficiently to permit operational opening of the moulds for discharge of the moulded products therefrom, said means for opening the moulds being separate from said means for increasing the mutual distance between the rows.
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Abstract
Frozen confection articles are produced in non-enveloped, openable moulds by subjecting the closed moulds to an innoxious freezing medium such as very cold air. An apparatus for producing such frozen or moulded articles comprises a plurality of parallel, endless rows of moulds moving along a closed path of straightlined and curved configurations, these moulds each consisting of opposed, mutually hinged mould parts, which are forced together during motion along the straightlined parts of said path, as corresponding to setting or freezing zones, while the moulds are openable for discharging of the hardened or frozen products as they are guided along the curved path, in which the moulds diverge from each other and thus provide space for the opening thereof.
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- 1. An apparatus for manufacturing moulded or frozen products, the apparatus comprising plural rows of individual moulds and means for moving the rows of invidual moulds successively through a filling station, a setting or freezing zone and a discharge station, said rows being disposed transversely of the direction of said moving, each of the moulds comprising opposed, separable mould parts, which, in said discharge station, are caused to be separated for removal of the product, characterized in that the moulds are openable generally in the direction of moving, and that guiding means are provided for holding the consecutive moulds as moved along said setting or freezing zone mutually spaced insufficiently for operational opening of the moulds, while, in or before said discharge station, means are provided for increasing the mutual distance between the rows sufficiently to permit operational opening of the moulds for discharge of the moulded products therefrom, said means for opening the moulds being separate from said means for increasing the mutual distance between the rows.
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11. An apparatus for manufacturing moulded or frozen products, the apparatus comprising a row of individual moulds each comprising two opposed mould parts forming respective opposed walls of a casting hinged together adjacent one common end area thereof so as to be openable and closeable by a relative pivoting about a hinge axis oriented transversely of a length of said row of individual moulds, opposite end areas of the mould parts being retractable from each other generally along said length, the first mould parts adjacent said opposite end areas being connected with respective support members in a support structure defining stabilized mutual location of said support members, compression spring means interposed directly between said opposite end areas of said first mould parts and said opposite end areas of said second mould parts of the respective neighboring moulds in said row of individual moulds, means provided for enlarging a distance along the length between the consecutive moulds so as to effectively disengage the neighboring moulds from an action of said interposed spring means and thus permit the mould parts to be readily opened.
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