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US 6,267,073 B1Granted
Apparatus for preparing patterned confections
AssigneeNestec S.A.
InventorsKurt A. Busse, Edward Morris Kuehl, William French
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Abstract
An apparatus and process for preparing chocolate coatings having a marbled appearance, and confectionery products having a component provided with a chocolate coating having a marbled appearance thereon.
Claims22
A chocolate coating apparatus comprising:
- a supply of chocolate;
- at least one feed device for supplying the chocolate;
- at least one positioning device for receiving the chocolate from the at least one feed device and for centrifugally directing the chocolate onto a confectionery in a desired patterned arrangement as a coating, wherein the at least one positioning device directs the chocolate onto the confectionery which moves relative to the at least one positioning device;
- and
- an enclosure surrounding the positioning device so as to capture excess chocolate that does not remain on the confectionery.
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A chocolate coating apparatus comprising:
- a chocolate supply means;
- feed means for supplying the chocolate;
- at least one positioning means for receiving the chocolate from the feed means and for centrifugally directing the chocolate onto a confectionery in a desired patterned arrangement as a coating, wherein the at least one positioning means directs the chocolate onto the confectionery which moves relative to the at least one positioning means;
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- recirculation means surrounding the positioning means so as to capture excess chocolate that does not remain on the confectionery.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.