Device and method for producing a shaped consumable item
AssigneeBuhler AG
InventorsFrank Huperz, David Marcinkowski, Tanja Pack, Michael Paul
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device (1) for producing shaped consumable items from a fat mass, in particular a fat mass containing cocoa or a chocolate-like fat mass, comprising a housing (2) and at least one stamping plate (10) having at least one temperature-controllable stamp (13). The stamping plate (10) can be moved out of the housing (2) in order to clean or replace the stamping plate. The invention further relates to methods for cleaning and for replacing stamping plates (10) having at least one temperature-controlled stamp (13).
Claims13
An apparatus for producing shaped consumable items from a fatty substance, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing,
- a closable space being defined outside the housing,
- at least one stamping plate having at least one temperature-controllable stamp,
- a pair of rails facilitating movement of the stamping plate between a working position and a moved-out position located in the closable space,
- wherein the stamping plate is capable of being moved to the working position, in which the at least one temperature-controllable stamp is capable of being Introduced into at least one pouring mold located inside the housing, and
- the stamping plate is capable of being moved to the moved-out position located in the closable space and, when the at least one stamping plate is in the moved-out position, dried air is blown at the at least one stamp by way of at least one drying air feed line, and the closable space being subjected to the dried air.
An apparatus for producing shaped consumable items from a fatty substance, the apparatus comprising:
- a housing and at least one stamping plate having at least one temperature-controllable stamp,
- a pair of rails facilitating movement of the stamping plate between a working position and a moved-out position located in a closable space,
- wherein the stamping plate is capable of being moved from the working position, in which the at least one temperature-controllable stamp is capable of being introduced into at least one pouring mold inside the housing,
- the stamping plate is also capable of being moved completely out of the housing into the moved-out position located in the closable space, and
- the closable space being provided outside the housing, and being delimited by at least one wall, into which closable space the at least one stamping plate can be moved out and which closable space being subjected to dried air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.