Apparatus for inserting sticks into ice cream bodies

An apparatus for inserting sticks into ice cream bodies or the like comprising

• (a) a first mechanism for conveying sticks from a magazine into an elongated carrier, and
• (b) a second mechanism for leading the sticks from the carrier to the ice cream bodies,
• (c) the first mechanism comprising a magazine, in which the sticks are stacked in parallel with abutting broad sides, and a carrier in the form of a belt made of flexible material comprising at intervals transversely placed pockets with a form corresponding to the form of the sticks for reception of the sticks, said carrier being adapted to be moved in its longitudinal direction past one end of the magazine, comprising:
• squeezing means arranged at the other end of the magazine for squeezing the stick at any time being first in the stack into a pocket in the carrier opposite the magazine,
• the squeezing means exerting a pressure adequate to flatten any crooked or arched sticks, and
• the carrier being provided with reinforcements along the edges of the pockets, the first mechanism being oriented with the pockets placed in the carrier mainly in parallel with the direction, with which the sticks in the ice cream bodies shall be inserted into the ice cream bodies.