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US 12,349,698 B2Granted
System and method of forming multilayer confectionery
AssigneeIntercontinental Great Brands LLC
InventorsBharat Jani, Vesselin D. Miladinov
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for making a multilayer confectionery product provided. The method and apparatus include at least two sets of forming drums that form and laminate confectionery sheets.
Claims10
A method of forming a multilayer confectionery comprising:
- providing a first forming station having a first pair of forming drums;
- providing a second forming station having a second pair of forming drums, the second forming station being arranged downstream from and in series with the first forming station;
- providing at least one mixing station upstream from at least one of said first forming station and said second forming station;
- mixing confectionery ingredients within said at least one mixing station to output a confectionery structure;
- feeding said confectionery structure to at least one of said first forming station and second forming station;
- forming a first confectionery into a first confectionery sheet having a generally uniform thickness using the first set of forming drums;
- forming a second confectionery into a second confectionery sheet having a generally uniform thickness using the second set of forming drums;
- controlling a viscosity of at least one of the first and second confectioneries during said forming of first confectionery or second confectionery using the first or second set of forming drums;
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- laminating the first confectionery sheet and the second confectionery sheet to form a multilayer confectionery sheet.
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