Continuous chewing gum method
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorsFranklin Kramer, Henderikus B. Bruins, Joseph Giacone, Luc L. Carbillet
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Abstract
A method for continuously forming wide, thin chewing gum slabs suitable for forming sheets and bands ready for packaging in an automatic wrapping machine is disclosed. The method involves compounding a chewing gum paste; extruding the formed gum paste as a wide thin slab through a die mounted on the discharge end of the extruder; cooling the extruded gum paste slab; and passing the gum paste slab through no more than two sets of calender rolls.
Claims14
A method for continuously forming a wide thin chewing gum slab suitable for forming sheets and bands ready for packaging in an automatic wrapping machine which comprises:
- (a) continuously compounding a chewing gum paste;
- (b) extruding the formed gum paste to a slab at least 0.7 meters wide and less than 3 mm thick, said extruded slab having a temperature less than 100.degree. C.;
- (c) cooling the extruded gum paste slab to a temperature less than about 60.degree. C. in less than about 60 seconds;
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- (d) passing the gum paste slab through calender rolls to reduce the slab to less than 2.5 mm thick.
A method for continuously forming gum sheets ready for packaging in an automatic wrapper machine which comprises:
- (a) continuously compounding a chewing gum paste with an average residence time of less than 2 minutes;
- (b) extruding the compounding gum paste to a slab at least 0.7 meters wide and less than 3 mm thick, said extruded slab having a temperature less than 100.degree. C.;
- (c) cooling the extruded gum paste to a temperature less than 50.degree. C. in less than 60 seconds;
- (d) passing the gum paste slab through no more than two sets of calender rolls to reduce the slab to less than 2.5 mm thick;
- (e) slicing the slab into sheets;
- (f) scoring the sheets to form bands;
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- (g) cooling the slab to from about 18.degree. C. to about 25.degree. C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.