Apparatus for the manufacture of confectionery made of plural materials

Apparatus for moulding confectionery, comprising an endless conveyor, a series of moulds, each of which is divided into a first half attached to the conveyor and a second half which is hinged to and normally aligned with the first half, said conveyor carrying the moulds in sequence past a filling station, through a cooling zone to a folding station, then to an unfolding station and then to a discharge station and back to the filling station, a depositor at the filling station which is arranged to deposit different materials into moulding cavities in each half of each mould, mechanism disposed at the folding station for folding the second half of each mould about its hinge against the first half and effecting deposition of the contents of the moulding cavities thereof into the moulding cavities of the first half, mechanism disposed at the unfolding station for returning the folded second half of each mould into alignment with its first half, and means for inverting the moulds prior to arrival at the discharge station and turning them to cause their moulding cavities to face upwardly during their return to the filling station.