# US 4,954,069 A · Apparatus for molding chocolate bars

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- Number: US 4,954,069 A
- Document ID: US4954069A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/311,475
- Filed: 1989-02-15
- Granted: 1990-09-04
- Earliest claimed: 1987-12-29
- Inventors: Franklin Friedwald
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4954069A

## CPC

- A23G 1/205: {Apparatus in which the material is shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum or an endless band, or by drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the material on a surface, e.g. injection moulding or transfer moulding}
- A23G 1/26: Conveying devices for chocolate moulds
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF

## Abstract

In a machine for moulded chocolate bars of the type having a pair of chains, a plurality of carriers attached to the chains and separate moulds mounted in the carriers; the present invention combines mould and carrier into one piece having a mould and sheath slots to directly connect the mould to pins connected to the chains on machines designed for separate carriers and moulds.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A machine for moulding chocolate bars, said machine comprising:
a pair of spaced apart conveyor chains, each chain having a plurality of spaced apart pins extending toward the other chain;
a plurality of unitary mould and carrier combinations each including at least one mould cavity depending from an upper horizontally extending wall of said mould and carrier combination and means for connecting each end of said combination directly to a respective adjacent chain, said means on each said end including a sheath slot extending from at least one downwardly extending wall, said wall extending downwardly from said upper wall of said mould and carrier combination and spaced from said cavity.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The invention as described in claim 1, wherein said sheath slot extends from one downwardly extending wall to a second downwardly extending wall, said sheath slot being positioned between said pair of walls, said walls extending downwardly from an upper wall of said mould and carrier combination.