Apparatus for moulding confectionery

A confectionary moulding machine which comprises:

• 1. an endless mould conveyor which includes a pair of parallel chains and multiple moulds fixed to and straddling the chains;
• each mould having an upper surface, means forming cavities which have a predetermined depth, and projections which extend away from the upper surface in a direction opposite to the depth of the cavities, the projections extending a distance less than the depth of the cavities;
• said endless mould conveyor being mounted such that said moulds traverse in a continuous procession along an upper run in which the mould cavities face upwardly and a lower run in which the cavities face downwardly;
• 2. a depositor disposed above the upper run of the mould conveyor which is operative to deposit fillings of liquid confectionary into the moulds and thus into the cavities as the moulds move in succession along the upper run;
• 3. a band which is mounted so as to have a run which travels continuously beneath the lower run of the mould conveyor and in the same direction as the lower run of the mould conveyor;
• 4. a demoulding unit which is operative to discharge the fillings of the cavities of each mould in succession onto the band;
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• 5. the relative positioning of the lower run of the mould conveyor and the run of the band being such that the projections which extend downwardly from the moulds when the moulds are on the lower run of the mould conveyor contact the surface of the run of the band and constrain the band to move at the same speed as the mould conveyor.