Apparatus for making cotton candy and preparing it for packaging

An apparatus for manufacturing sections of cotton candy, comprising:

• means for melting and extruding sugar, producing strands of melted, extruded sugar;
• means for pulling said strands of sugar onto a first conveyor, forming said strands into a continuous bundle, said first conveyor moving in a predetermined direction;
• a cutting blade slidable, by an actuator, in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said first conveyor, for cutting said bundle into sections of predetermined length;
• a second conveyor, having an endless drive means, for receiving said cut sections from said first conveyor, said endless drive means having trip markers distributed along its length;
• and
• a switch, which is activated by passage of said trip markers, upon activation of which said blade cuts said bundle, wherein said switch is movable with respect to said second conveyor, and fixable in a single location with respect to said second conveyor, the location of said switch with respect to said second conveyor determining the location of said sections on said second conveyor.