Installation for producing sandwich cookies and the like

An installation for producing sandwich cookies, the installation comprising:

• an elongate machine frame defining a sandwiching section;
• a first cookie feeding device having a first cookie hopper for forming lower cookies disposed in said sandwiching section of said elongate machine frame;
• a coating device having a cylindrical coating head disposed in said elongate machine frame downstream from said first cookie feeding device;
• a second cookie feeding device having a second cookie hopper for forming upper cookies disposed in said elongate machine frame downstream from said coating device;
• a calibration device for the sandwich cookies disposed in said elongate machine frame downstream from said second cookie feeding device;
• an elongate cookie conveying device disposed in said elongate machine frame, said elongate cookie conveying device having an initial portion upstream of said first cookie feeding device and extending along said sandwiching section as far as said calibration device for the sandwich cookies, said elongate cookie conveying device extending from said first cookie feeding device as far as said calibration device for the sandwich cookies and having a suction belt conveyor with a suction belt on which the sandwich cookies are created;
• said first cookie feeding device having a first output portion disposed above said suction belt conveyor, said first output portion having a first cookie discharging head discharging the lower cookies individually;
• a first inspection device disposed downstream of said first cookie discharging head and disposed above said suction belt conveyor for inspecting the lower cookies deposited on said suction belt;
• said cylindrical coating head of said coating device, disposed downstream of said first inspection device, and disposed above said suction belt conveyor;
• said second cookie feeding device having a second output portion disposed downstream of said cylindrical coating head above said suction belt conveyor, said second output portion having a second cookie discharging head discharging the upper cookies individually;
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• a second inspection device, disposed downstream of said second cookie discharging head, and disposed above said suction belt conveyor for inspecting the cookie sandwiches formed by said second cookie discharging head and disposed on said suction belt.