Stick handling apparatus, an ice cream production system and a method for producing ice cream
AssigneeTetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A.
InventorsCameron Skandarioon, Edison Kubo
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Abstract
A stick handling apparatus for handling ice cream sticks, said apparatus comprising a magazine arranged to hold ice cream sticks, a conveyor band arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the magazine, a stacker unit arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the conveyor band and to stack the ice cream sticks one after the other, a stick placing unit arranged to receive the ice cream sticks from the stacker unit for positioning the ice cream sticks inside a piece of ice cream mass, and a printer unit configured to print information on the ice cream sticks while the ice cream sticks are conveyed by the conveyor band.
Claims8
A stick handling apparatus for handling ice cream sticks, said apparatus comprising
- a magazine arranged to hold ice cream sticks,
- a conveyor band arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the magazine,
- a stacker unit arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the conveyor band and to stack the ice cream sticks one after the other,
- a stick placing unit arranged to receive the ice cream sticks from the stacker unit for positioning the ice cream sticks inside a piece of ice cream mass to form an ice cream product, wherein
- a printer unit configured to print information on the ice cream sticks while the ice cream sticks are conveyed by the conveyor band, wherein the printed information enables traceability of the ice cream product.
A stick handling apparatus for handling ice cream sticks, said apparatus comprising
- a magazine arranged to hold ice cream sticks,
- a conveyor band arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the magazine,
- a stacker unit arranged to retrieve ice cream sticks from the conveyor band and to stack the ice cream sticks one after the other,
- a stick placing unit arranged to receive the ice cream sticks from the stacker unit for positioning the ice cream sticks inside a piece of ice cream mass,
- a printer unit configured to print information on the ice cream sticks while the ice cream sticks are conveyed by the conveyor band, and
- a sensor arranged to detect a speed by which the ice cream sticks are conveyed by the conveyor band, wherein the printer unit is configured to use said speed as input when printing information on the ice cream sticks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.