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Feeding device for feeding strip blanks of wafer biscuits into molds intended for forming coated wafer biscuits
OwnerVincenzo Lionelloinventor
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A feeding device for feeding wafer strip blanks to pour molds for producing coated wafer biscuits, in particular in multiple coated wafer biscuit production systems, comprising a feeding unit for wafer strips cut from an original wafer board, which feeding unit is composed of a plurality of reeds provided with means for picking up the cut wafer strips and linked to one another by means of pin elements and arranged to be movable with an accordion-like type of movement on a guiding and supporting member to reciprocate between a station where the original wafer board is cut into individual wafer strips and a station where the system pour molds are loaded into which the individual wafer strips are allowed to fall into respective seats provided in the molds. The feeding unit, in its closed position or position where the reeds lay close beside one another, has the same length as the original wafer board, and in its open position, the same length as the pour mold between the end seats of said mold. Also provided is a means operative to cause the reed assembly to open or close, as well as a means for synchronizing the reciprocating movement of the feeding unit with the mold movement.
A feeding device for feeding strip blanks of wafer biscuits into molds intended for forming coated wafer biscuits, or onto conveying grids or belts, particularly in multiple coated wafer or the like candy production systems, characterized in that it comprises a cut wafer strip feeding unit including a plurality of reeds with controllable pick-up means, said reeds being linked to one another in succession and movable for opening and closing accordion-like over a guide support, said guide support being mounted to reciprocate between the wafer board cutting station and the mold loading station in the system, said feeding unit having substantially the same length as the wafer board when closed and substantially the same length as the mold length between the end seats thereof when open, means for opening and closing said plurality of reeds, means for synchronizing the reciprocating motion of said feeding unit with the mold motion, and means for controlling the pick-up means in said plurality of reeds, the reeds of said feeding unit being equal in number to the individual seats of said molds and associated to one another in pairs by means of pin elements, the length of the pin elements linking together in a slidable manner any two reeds in said feeding unit have a length selected for allowing, in the open position of said feeding unit, a gap between successive reeds corresponding to the gap between adjacent seats in said molds for receiving said wafer strips.
A feeding device for feeding strip blanks of wafer biscuits into molds intended for forming coated wafer biscuits, or onto conveying grids or belts, particularly in multiple coated wafer or the like candy production systems, characterized in that it comprises a cut wafer strip feeding unit including a plurality of reeds with controllable pick-up means, said reeds being linked to one another in succession and movable for opening and closing accordion-like over a guide support, said guide support being mounted to reciprocate between the wafer board cutting station and the mold loading station in the system, said feeding unit having substantially the same length as the wafer board when closed and substantially the same length as the mold length between the end seats thereof when open, means for opening and closing said plurality of reeds, means for synchronizing the reciprocating motion of said feeding unit with the mold motion, and means for controlling the pick-up means in said plurality of reeds, the reeds of said feeding unit being equal in number to the individual seats of said molds and associated to one another in pairs by means of pin elements, said pin elements being associated on one side, in a fixed manner, with one reed, and on the other side, in a detented movable manner, with a successive one of said reeds, the end reed opposed to the closing and opening means for said feeding unit being affixed to the support of said feeding unit.
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