Method and apparatus for forming and wrapping objects of a soft mass
AssigneeRose Verpackungsmaschinenfabrik Theegarten GmbH & Co.
InventorHeinz Schmitz
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for forming and wrapping objects of a soft mass in which a hollow rope of material (11) filled with a liquid (10) is divided into individual pieces (B.sub.1 and B.sub.2) between cutter shoes (20 and 21) moving against each other in that one piece (B.sub.1) after the other (B.sub.2) is simultaneously squeezed by squeezing strips (26 and 27) at its rear end (in feed direction) and separated at its front end (in feed direction) from the preceding piece (B.sub.1) which is subsequently pushed at a right angle to the feed direction (15) of the rope of material (11) into a wrapping station.
Claims10
A method for forming filled candy and chewing gum having a soft outer peripheral coating and a softer encapsulated interior filling comprising the steps of:
- (a) feeding an elongated tubular member having a generally cylindrical outer sleeve corresponding to the coating and containing the interior filling, along a longitudinal path;
- (b) constricting the tubular member at an intermediate portion to engage the inner surfaces thereof at a transverse bridging section thereby longitudinally separating portions of the interior filling and severing the tubular member simultaneously with the constricting at the bridging section immediately succeeding the bridging section formed by said constricting to seal the free end of the tubular member and form individual objects having a continuous outer coating encapsulating an interior filling;
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- (c) holding the free end of the tubular member during said severing and shifting the severed individual objects between successive constricting and severing steps in a direction transverse to the longitudinal path without change in longitudinal orientation.
An apparatus for forming candy and chewing gum from an elongated member of soft mass having a softer interior filling comprising:
- advancing means for feeding said elongated member along a longitudinal path;
- constricting means for sequentially partially compressing intermittent sections of said elongated member to form a chain of partially defined objects interconnected by said intermittent sections;
- severing means operable concurrently with the constricting member for separating the elongated member at the immediately succeeding intermittent section at a distance from the constricting means corresponding to the final length of said object thereby forming individual objects;
- holding means adjacent the severing means for receiving the free end portion of the tubular member prior to said separating;
- and transfer means for transversely shifting the individual objects subsequent to said separating from the longitudinal path without change in longitudinal orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.