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US 6,623,266 B2Granted
Apparatus for making a center-filled gum lollipop with hard candy shell
AssigneeCadbury Adams USA LLC
InventorsBharat Jani, Marc Degady, Richard Mark Warrington, Demian Arenas, Edward M. Janos
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Abstract
A three-phase center-filled gum or bubble gum candy lollipop product. An extruded gum or bubble gum material has a semi-liquid center-fill material added to it in a batch forming mechanism simultaneously with the formation of an exterior candy shell. The three-phase rope of material is formed into lollipop candy members in a forming machine and lollipop sticks are inserted into them. The formed lollipop products are then cooled, tumbled and prepared for further processing.
Claims17
A system for making a three-material lollipop product, said system comprising:
- an extruder for extruding a gum material;
- a batch forming mechanism;
- a tubular member for transporting the gum material into said batch forming mechanism;
- a candy laminator mechanism for supplying candy material to said batch forming mechanism;
- a semi-liquid-fill mechanism for adding a semi-liquid material to said gum material;
- said batch forming mechanism forming a rope of three-layer material including a center layer of the semi-liquid material, an intermediate layer of the gum material, and an outer layer of the candy material;
- a sizing mechanism for sizing the rope of three-layer material;
- a lollipop forming mechanism for forming the rope of three-layer material into lollipop balls, said lollipop forming mechanism inserting stick members into each of the lollipop balls.
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