# US 6,268,006 B1 · Method for producing consumable items

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- Number: US 6,268,006 B1
- Document ID: US6268006B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/423,856
- Filed: 1999-11-15
- Granted: 2001-07-31
- Earliest claimed: 1997-05-17
- Assignees: Kmb Produktions AG
- Inventors: Josef Knobel
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6268006B1

## CPC

- A23G 9/24: for coating or filling the products
- A23G 1/0076: {Processes for moulding hollow products, open shells or other articles having cavities, e.g. open cavities}
- 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 1/21: Apparatus for moulding hollow products, open shells or other articles having cavities, e.g. open cavities
- A23G 1/22: Chocolate moulds (A23G1/21 takes precedence)
- A23G 1/24: Tapping or jolting tables
- A23G 3/0029: {Moulding processes for hollow products, e.g. opened shell}
- A23G 3/0252: {Apparatus in which the material is shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band, or by a drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the material on a surface, e.g. injection moulding, transfer moulding}
- A23G 3/0263: {Moulding apparatus for hollow products, e.g. opened shell}
- A23G 3/0268: {Moulds (A23G3/0263 takes precedence)}
- A23G 9/221: {Moulds}
- A23P 30/10: Moulding
- A23G: COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23P: SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS

## Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the production of consumable items having an outer jacket made from a flowable mass, which is filled in a mold. A tempered die (5) is immersed into the mold (9) and the mass is extruded. The dew point of the atmosphere around the consumable item is kept below the temperature of the die (5).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for the production of comestibles having an outer husk composed of a flowable mass which is introduced into a mold, a thermally controlled ram penetrating into the mold extruding the mass, and a closed housing defining a space having an atmosphere surrounding the comestible, the method comprises maintaining the dewpoint of the atmosphere below the temperature of the ram.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1 including vibrating the mold prior to the penetration of the ram.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A method as claimed in claim 1 including forming a portion of at least one of the ram and the mold of a material selected from the group consisting of copper, silver, copper alloy and silver alloy.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A method as claimed in claim 3 wherein the portion comprises those surfaces of the ram which come into contact with the outer husk.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method as claimed in claim 4 wherein the material consists of silver or silver alloy.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method as claimed in claim 5 wherein the forming step comprises applying a coating by electro-deposition.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1 including moving jointly the ram and the mold during extruding.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the mold and ram are centered relative to one another.