Packaging machine for lollipops and other confectionery
AssigneeCFS Weert B.V.
InventorSeferinus Jelle Asma
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Packaging machine for packaging lollipops provided with a stick and a head in a film/foil sheet, comprising a rotatably driven drum having a series of lollipop holders thereon, the drum furthermore being provided with a series of film/foil folding means for folding a respective film/foil sheet around the head around a longitudinal centre axis substantially parallel to the stick, the device furthermore comprising a series of twisters for twisting a film/foil tube section protruding in the longitudinal direction of the lollipop head while continuing to clamp the lollipop head and while the drum continues to rotate.
Claims26
A packaging machine for packaging lollipops provided with a stick and a head in a film/foil sheet, comprising a rotatably driven drum having a series of lollipop holders thereon, the drum furthermore being provided with a series of film/foil folding means for folding a respective film/foil sheet around the head around a longitudinal centre axis substantially parallel to the stick, the device furthermore comprising a series of twisters for twisting a film/foil tube section protruding in the longitudinal direction of the lollipop head while continuing to clamp the lollipop head and while the drum continues to rotate.
13-22. (canceled)
A packaging machine for packaging separated confectionery, comprising a feeder for supplying the separated confectionery and a transfer wheel rotationally driven about a rotary shaft for taking the confectionery from the feeder and delivering them to a further station arranged downstream thereof viewed in the processing direction, a supply for packaging material being disposed near the transfer wheel, which supply is provided with means for supplying a web of packaging material, with means for successively cutting the web of packaging material into sheets, and with means for successively delivering the sheets to the transfer wheel, the transfer wheel being provided with a series of take-over units extending in the direction of rotation, each of which comprises a first and a second clamping arm, both of which are provided with clamping jaws, for clamping the confectionery on opposite sides of the head thereof, the first and second clamping arms being rotatable relative to one another between a clamping position and an open position, the clamping arms being rotatable about rotary shafts which have a tangential directional component relative to the transfer wheel.
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
A packaging machine for lollipops, in which the lollipop head is packaged in a packaging sheet according to the double-twist process, comprising a packaging wheel rotating about a rotary shaft, a series of packaging units extending in the direction of rotation, each of which comprises a first and a second clamping arm, both of which are provided with clamping jaws for clamping the lollipops on opposite sides of its head, transverse to the direction of the stick, with the packaging sheet in between, the packaging units furthermore being provided with folding means for turning the packaging sheet over from a receiving state, in which it is folded around the lollipop head substantially in a V-shape or U-shape, to a substantially tubular subsequent state in which the initially protruding legs of the packaging sheet are made to overlap, the packaging units furthermore being provided with first and second grippers for clamping and twisting the tube sections protruding from the lollipop head.
35-40. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.