Apparatus for handling creme filled sandwich cookies
AssigneeNabisco, Inc.
InventorsGeorge G. Swanson, Robert E. Strom, Philip Jansen
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Abstract
Apparatus for handling creme filled cookies during a period in which the filling is hardening. The cookies are formed of a pair of baked base cakes separated by a layer of creme filling material which is applied in a heated fluid state and hardens as it cools. The apparatus includes a cooling tunnel and a conveyor extending through the tunnel. The conveyor is segmented, each segment having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls which form an elongated trough to carry a continuous column of cookies through the cooling tunnel. The side walls of the segments are inclined outwardly to tangentially engage the edge of the base cakes and support the cookies in a vertical position.
Claims8
In a system for manufacturing round sandwich type comestible articles having rigid base cakes separated by a layer of filling material that is applied in a flowable state and subsequently hardens, apparatus for handling the articles during the hardening period while they pass through a cooling zone which comprises an endless segmented conveyor extending horizontally through said cooling zone for transporting horizontal columns of articles through said zone, said conveyor being formed of a plurality of pivotally interconnected segments, each segment having a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls forming a portion of a continuous trough extending longitudinally of the conveyor, said side walls being divergent extending upwardly and outwardly from said bottom wall to tangentially engage the edges of the base cakes, said side walls of said segments being arranged to support the articles above the bottom wall of said segments, means for placing articles on said conveyor at one end thereof, and means for removing the articles from the conveyor at the other end thereof.
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