CA1208482A - Process and apparatus for charging a filler into edible hollow sticks - Google Patents
Process and apparatus for charging a filler into edible hollow sticksInfo
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
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- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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- A23G3/2007—Manufacture of filled articles, composite articles, multi-layered articles
- A23G3/2023—Manufacture of filled articles, composite articles, multi-layered articles the material being shaped at least partially in a mould, in the hollows of a surface, a drum, an endless band or by drop-by-drop casting or dispensing of the materials on a surface or an article being completed
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- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
- A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
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- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
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- A23G9/281—Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups for portioning or dispensing at the discharge end of freezing chambers
- A23G9/283—Details, component parts or accessories of apparatus insofar as not peculiar to a single one of the preceding groups for portioning or dispensing at the discharge end of freezing chambers for filling containers with material
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Abstract
Abstract of the Disclosure In order to increase the production rate in the filling of edible hollow sticks, hollow sticks which are parallel to each other are continuously moved and the filler is continuously charged into the moving hollow sticks in that the filler is charged in alternation into the hollow sticks of different groups and when the hollow sticks of a given group have been filled the continuous stream of filler is directed without interruption to the hollow sticks of another group.
The apparatus for carrying out the process comprises a conveyor for conveying hollow sticks having longitudinal axes which are transverse to the direction of travel, at least two charging devices, each of which is movable along a length portion of the conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes, which are adapted to be moved into and out of respective hollow sticks, and a single filler feed line, which branches and communicates with all charging tubes of the charging devices and is flexible at least in one length section.
The apparatus for carrying out the process comprises a conveyor for conveying hollow sticks having longitudinal axes which are transverse to the direction of travel, at least two charging devices, each of which is movable along a length portion of the conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes, which are adapted to be moved into and out of respective hollow sticks, and a single filler feed line, which branches and communicates with all charging tubes of the charging devices and is flexible at least in one length section.
Description
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PRO~ESS AND APPARATU~ ~OR CHARGING A FILIER INTO EDIBLE
HO~OW STICKS
~ his invention relates to a process and apparatus for filling edible hollow stic~s, wafer rolls and the like.
In the industrial manufacture of sweets ~illed with ice cream it is known to charge ice cream from both ends into hollow sticks which are provided on the inside with a fat-containing coating and to close the filled hollow sticks at each end with a cap of fat-containing material. In such process the internally coated hollow sticks are moved in steps past charging stations, each of which carries a plurality of charging nozzles, which are simultaneously moved into and out of a plurality of hollow sticks. The hollow sticks are not moved during that movement of the charging nozzles and are moved only thereafter by a s-tep which corresponds to the number of filled hollow sticks.
The ice cream is discharged as a continuous stream from a free~er and is delivered through elas~ic, flexible tubing to the intermittently operating charging stations.
The elastic, flexible tubes breathe in order to adapt the stream of ice cream continuously discharged by the freezer to the intermittent filling activity o~ the filling nozzles~
While the hollow sticks are not moved, the previously filled hollow sticks are pro-vided with the end caps. To form said end caps, the fat-con-taining cap material is applied to the hollow sticks in a liquid state. The hollow sticks which have been filled and provided with the end caps are then moved through a cooling passage, in which a solidification takes place.
lZ~)8~2 That known process of filling with ice cream has only a low produc-tion rate because the ice cream is chargea into -the hollow sticks only when they are at a standstill.
It is an object of the invention to provide a process and apparatus which permit a filling of hollow sticks at a higher production rate.
In a process of charging a filler consisting preferably of ice cream into edible hollow sticks, which are preferably internally coated, particularly wi-th chocolate, that object is accomplished in accordance with the invention in that hollow sticks exten~ing parallel to each other are moved continuously and the filler is continuously charged into -the moving hollow sticks in a direction which is transverse to their direction of movement in an operation in which filler is charged into hollow sticks of different groups in alternation and the continuous stream in which the filler is supplied is directed to the hollow sticks of a given group imme-diately after the hollow stic~s of another group have been filled.
~ efors the groups of hollow sticks are filled in alternation, the hollow sticks may deæirably be placed on a continuously revolving conveyor so that the longitu-dinal axes of the hollow sticks are substantially parallel to each other.
In a preferred embodiment of the process the groups of hollow sticks which are filled in alternation overlap each other so that unfilled hollow sticks of one group are disposed betwee~ previously filled hollow sticks of another group.
PRO~ESS AND APPARATU~ ~OR CHARGING A FILIER INTO EDIBLE
HO~OW STICKS
~ his invention relates to a process and apparatus for filling edible hollow stic~s, wafer rolls and the like.
In the industrial manufacture of sweets ~illed with ice cream it is known to charge ice cream from both ends into hollow sticks which are provided on the inside with a fat-containing coating and to close the filled hollow sticks at each end with a cap of fat-containing material. In such process the internally coated hollow sticks are moved in steps past charging stations, each of which carries a plurality of charging nozzles, which are simultaneously moved into and out of a plurality of hollow sticks. The hollow sticks are not moved during that movement of the charging nozzles and are moved only thereafter by a s-tep which corresponds to the number of filled hollow sticks.
The ice cream is discharged as a continuous stream from a free~er and is delivered through elas~ic, flexible tubing to the intermittently operating charging stations.
The elastic, flexible tubes breathe in order to adapt the stream of ice cream continuously discharged by the freezer to the intermittent filling activity o~ the filling nozzles~
While the hollow sticks are not moved, the previously filled hollow sticks are pro-vided with the end caps. To form said end caps, the fat-con-taining cap material is applied to the hollow sticks in a liquid state. The hollow sticks which have been filled and provided with the end caps are then moved through a cooling passage, in which a solidification takes place.
lZ~)8~2 That known process of filling with ice cream has only a low produc-tion rate because the ice cream is chargea into -the hollow sticks only when they are at a standstill.
It is an object of the invention to provide a process and apparatus which permit a filling of hollow sticks at a higher production rate.
In a process of charging a filler consisting preferably of ice cream into edible hollow sticks, which are preferably internally coated, particularly wi-th chocolate, that object is accomplished in accordance with the invention in that hollow sticks exten~ing parallel to each other are moved continuously and the filler is continuously charged into -the moving hollow sticks in a direction which is transverse to their direction of movement in an operation in which filler is charged into hollow sticks of different groups in alternation and the continuous stream in which the filler is supplied is directed to the hollow sticks of a given group imme-diately after the hollow stic~s of another group have been filled.
~ efors the groups of hollow sticks are filled in alternation, the hollow sticks may deæirably be placed on a continuously revolving conveyor so that the longitu-dinal axes of the hollow sticks are substantially parallel to each other.
In a preferred embodiment of the process the groups of hollow sticks which are filled in alternation overlap each other so that unfilled hollow sticks of one group are disposed betwee~ previously filled hollow sticks of another group.
- 2 -~201 34~2 Within the scope of the invention~ the filling o-f the hollo~ sticks of each group may be initiated as soon as the filling of the hollow sticks of the group which have been filled before has been terminated.
~ he invention provides also a process of charging ice cream into hollow sticks which are internally coated, preferably with chocolate. ~hat process is characterized in that the hollow sticks are placed in juxtaposition and with horizontal longitudinal axes on a revolving conveyor and are then continuously moved by said conveyor, the ice cream is continuously charged into the continuously moving hollow sticks by two charging devices, which comprise charging tubes and are operated in alternation and each of which is moved from an initial position to an end position in synchronism with the hollow sticks on the conveyor, durin~ said movement of the charging devices their charging tubes are moved into and out of respective hollow sticks and the ice cream is charged into the hollow sticks as the charging tubes are moved out of the hollow sticks) whereafter the charging device is returned to its initial position, in which process a continuous stream of ice cream is fed to the charging devices and the charging operation of a gi~en charging device is initiated as soon as the charging operation of another charging device has been terminated.
In a different embodiment of the process the ice cream is charged by the chargin~ device into the hollow sticks of consecutive, preferably overlapping groups and the hollow sticks which have been skipped by the first eharging device are filled by at least one succeeding 084~3~
charging device.
~ or carrying out the process according to the invention the invention proposes apparatus which is characterized by a continuously revolving conveyor, on which holloN sticks having longituainal axes that are transverse to the direction of travel are moved from a feeding station for feeding unfilled hollow sticks to a delivering station for delivering filled hollow stickst at least two charging devices, each of which is movable along a length portion of the conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes 9 which are adapted to be moved into and out of respec-tive hollow sticks, and a single feed line, which serves to supply the filler and branches to the charging devices and communicates with all charging tubes.
Within the scope of the invention the conveyor may consist of a conveyor for conveying the hollow sticks with horizontal longitudinal axes and at least two carriages carrying respective charging devices may be provided one behind the other along said conveyor and be adapted to be displaced in and transversely to the direction o~ travel by respective cam mechanisms.
The invention will now be explained more in detail by way of example with reference to the drawings, in which ~ igure 1 is a side elevation showing a contin-uously operating filling machine for carrying out the process according to the invention and Figure 2 is an end elevation of the machine shown in ~igure 1.
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Whereas the invention will be introduced with reference to the charging of ice cream into hollow sticks which are internally coated with chocolate, it will be understood that the invention can also be used to charge other fillers into hollow sticks or wafer cones or other containers which are uncoated or externally coated or are coated with different materials or are only partly coated.
~ he filling machine shown in ~igures 1 and 2 comprises a continuously driven, revolving conveyor 1, in which outwardly open semimonocoques 2 are connected to form an endless conveyor element and at the receiving station 3 receive hollow sticks from a chute 4. ~wo charging devices 5, 5' are moun-ted on two mutually independently movable carriages 6, 6' disposed on the side of the conveyor 1. Each charging device 5 comprises two charging tubes 7, which are axially parallel to the hollow sticks disposed in the semimonocoques 2.
Each charging tube 7 is connected to an ice cream feed pipe 10 b~ a valve 9, which is con~rolled by a pneumatic cylinder 8. The two ice cream feed pipes 10 of each charging device 5 or 5' are connec-ted to a fit-ting 11. The ~ittings 11 of both charging devices are connected to a common feed line 13, which branches at 12 and is directly connected to the freezer, not shown, which serves to make ice cream.
Each carriage 6 or 6' is operatively connected on its underside to a camwheel 14, 14'~ the contour of which determines the movement of the carriage as the camwheel is rotated. When the carriage 6' is in an initial position, in which the charging tubes 7 of the charging ~Z~)~34~2 device 5' are aligned with the hollow sticks and still disposed outside of said hollow sticks 7 a rotation of the camwheel 14' will cause -the carriage 6' to move in the direction of -the arrow 15 and will cause the charging tubes 7 to move into the hollow sticks transversely to the direction of travel (arrow 15). During the continued movement of the carriage 6' in synchronism with the conveyor 1, the charging tubes 7 are moved out of the hollow sticks and the ice cream is charged into the hollow sticks. When the charging operation has been terminated, the charging tubes 7 are moved entirely out of the hollow sticks by means of the carriage 6' and the latter is moved to its end position and is sub-sequently returned to its initial position opposite to the direction of travel (arrow 15). The carriage 6 carrying the charging device 5 is moved like the carriage 6' carrying the charging device 5'. ~he movements of the carriages 6, 6' are staggered in time relative to each other in such a manner that the charging tubes 7 of a given charging device 5 have been moved into respective hollow sticks when the charging tubes 7 of the other charging device 5' are in the posi-tion assumed by them at the end of the charging operation.
In the embodiment of the filling machine which is shown by way of example, the spacing of the two charging tubes 7 of a given charging device equals twice the spacing of two consecutive hollow sticks on the conveyor 1 so that the charging device 5' is used to fill the first, third, fifth etc. hollow sticks and the charging device 5 serves to fill the second, fourth, sixth etc. hollow sticks. It -- 6 ~
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will be understood that each charging device may comprise four charging tubes having, e.g., such a spacing that one charging device serves to ~ill the first, second, ~ th and sixth hollow sticks whereas the other charging device serves to fill the third, fourth, seventh and eigth hollow sticks~
The filled hollow sticks are removed from the conveyor at the delivery station 16.
Three charging devices may alternately be provided and be operated in alternation in an arrangement in which for each of -the three charging devices the time required by the carriage for moving the charging -tubes into the hollow stick~ equals the time required by the carriage to move the charging -tubes out of the hollow sticks and also equals the time required for the return of the carriage from its end position to its initial position.
The ice cream is continuously fed to the charging devices 5, 5' through the feed line l3. The charging operation of a given charging device 5 begins as soon as the charging operation of another charging device 5' has been terminated. As a result, the stream of ice cream in the feed line 13 will not be interrupted and will be directed to one charging device and to the other in alternation.
When the process according to the invention is carried out with only two charging devices, the filling of the hollow sticks of a given group is initiated when -the filling of the hollow sticks of an adjacent group has been terminated.
~Yhen the process according to the invention is ~B~82 carried out with three charging devices, which are arranged one behind the other along the co~veyor, the first charging device is used to charge ice cream into the hollow sticks o*
groups which are spaced a larger distance apart and the intervening hollow sticks are filled in succession by -the two other charging devices in an operation in which the second or third charging device is used first to continue the charging operation.
In all cases which have been described there will be a continuous s-tream of ice cream in the feed lineO
The hollow sticks are preferably conveyed in a horizontal orientation. But the hollow s-tioks may alter-natively be conveyed with parallel vertical longitudinal axes. In that case the carriages may be moved in a plane which is parallel to the plane con-taining the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks or the carriages may be moved in a preferably vertical plane, which is at an oblique angle to the plane containing the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks, and the charging tubes of the charging device are moved into and out of the hollow sticks in the plane containing the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks.
~ harging devices may be provided only at one end of the hollow sticks so that the hollow sticks are completely filled only from one end.
~ lternatively, charging devices may be provided at both ends of the hollow sticks so that one half of each hollow stick is filled from one end and the o-ther half from the other end, or the hollow sticks of one group are filled entirely from one end and the hollow sticks of another group are also entirely filled from the opposite end.
~ he invention provides also a process of charging ice cream into hollow sticks which are internally coated, preferably with chocolate. ~hat process is characterized in that the hollow sticks are placed in juxtaposition and with horizontal longitudinal axes on a revolving conveyor and are then continuously moved by said conveyor, the ice cream is continuously charged into the continuously moving hollow sticks by two charging devices, which comprise charging tubes and are operated in alternation and each of which is moved from an initial position to an end position in synchronism with the hollow sticks on the conveyor, durin~ said movement of the charging devices their charging tubes are moved into and out of respective hollow sticks and the ice cream is charged into the hollow sticks as the charging tubes are moved out of the hollow sticks) whereafter the charging device is returned to its initial position, in which process a continuous stream of ice cream is fed to the charging devices and the charging operation of a gi~en charging device is initiated as soon as the charging operation of another charging device has been terminated.
In a different embodiment of the process the ice cream is charged by the chargin~ device into the hollow sticks of consecutive, preferably overlapping groups and the hollow sticks which have been skipped by the first eharging device are filled by at least one succeeding 084~3~
charging device.
~ or carrying out the process according to the invention the invention proposes apparatus which is characterized by a continuously revolving conveyor, on which holloN sticks having longituainal axes that are transverse to the direction of travel are moved from a feeding station for feeding unfilled hollow sticks to a delivering station for delivering filled hollow stickst at least two charging devices, each of which is movable along a length portion of the conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes 9 which are adapted to be moved into and out of respec-tive hollow sticks, and a single feed line, which serves to supply the filler and branches to the charging devices and communicates with all charging tubes.
Within the scope of the invention the conveyor may consist of a conveyor for conveying the hollow sticks with horizontal longitudinal axes and at least two carriages carrying respective charging devices may be provided one behind the other along said conveyor and be adapted to be displaced in and transversely to the direction o~ travel by respective cam mechanisms.
The invention will now be explained more in detail by way of example with reference to the drawings, in which ~ igure 1 is a side elevation showing a contin-uously operating filling machine for carrying out the process according to the invention and Figure 2 is an end elevation of the machine shown in ~igure 1.
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Whereas the invention will be introduced with reference to the charging of ice cream into hollow sticks which are internally coated with chocolate, it will be understood that the invention can also be used to charge other fillers into hollow sticks or wafer cones or other containers which are uncoated or externally coated or are coated with different materials or are only partly coated.
~ he filling machine shown in ~igures 1 and 2 comprises a continuously driven, revolving conveyor 1, in which outwardly open semimonocoques 2 are connected to form an endless conveyor element and at the receiving station 3 receive hollow sticks from a chute 4. ~wo charging devices 5, 5' are moun-ted on two mutually independently movable carriages 6, 6' disposed on the side of the conveyor 1. Each charging device 5 comprises two charging tubes 7, which are axially parallel to the hollow sticks disposed in the semimonocoques 2.
Each charging tube 7 is connected to an ice cream feed pipe 10 b~ a valve 9, which is con~rolled by a pneumatic cylinder 8. The two ice cream feed pipes 10 of each charging device 5 or 5' are connec-ted to a fit-ting 11. The ~ittings 11 of both charging devices are connected to a common feed line 13, which branches at 12 and is directly connected to the freezer, not shown, which serves to make ice cream.
Each carriage 6 or 6' is operatively connected on its underside to a camwheel 14, 14'~ the contour of which determines the movement of the carriage as the camwheel is rotated. When the carriage 6' is in an initial position, in which the charging tubes 7 of the charging ~Z~)~34~2 device 5' are aligned with the hollow sticks and still disposed outside of said hollow sticks 7 a rotation of the camwheel 14' will cause -the carriage 6' to move in the direction of -the arrow 15 and will cause the charging tubes 7 to move into the hollow sticks transversely to the direction of travel (arrow 15). During the continued movement of the carriage 6' in synchronism with the conveyor 1, the charging tubes 7 are moved out of the hollow sticks and the ice cream is charged into the hollow sticks. When the charging operation has been terminated, the charging tubes 7 are moved entirely out of the hollow sticks by means of the carriage 6' and the latter is moved to its end position and is sub-sequently returned to its initial position opposite to the direction of travel (arrow 15). The carriage 6 carrying the charging device 5 is moved like the carriage 6' carrying the charging device 5'. ~he movements of the carriages 6, 6' are staggered in time relative to each other in such a manner that the charging tubes 7 of a given charging device 5 have been moved into respective hollow sticks when the charging tubes 7 of the other charging device 5' are in the posi-tion assumed by them at the end of the charging operation.
In the embodiment of the filling machine which is shown by way of example, the spacing of the two charging tubes 7 of a given charging device equals twice the spacing of two consecutive hollow sticks on the conveyor 1 so that the charging device 5' is used to fill the first, third, fifth etc. hollow sticks and the charging device 5 serves to fill the second, fourth, sixth etc. hollow sticks. It -- 6 ~
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will be understood that each charging device may comprise four charging tubes having, e.g., such a spacing that one charging device serves to ~ill the first, second, ~ th and sixth hollow sticks whereas the other charging device serves to fill the third, fourth, seventh and eigth hollow sticks~
The filled hollow sticks are removed from the conveyor at the delivery station 16.
Three charging devices may alternately be provided and be operated in alternation in an arrangement in which for each of -the three charging devices the time required by the carriage for moving the charging -tubes into the hollow stick~ equals the time required by the carriage to move the charging -tubes out of the hollow sticks and also equals the time required for the return of the carriage from its end position to its initial position.
The ice cream is continuously fed to the charging devices 5, 5' through the feed line l3. The charging operation of a given charging device 5 begins as soon as the charging operation of another charging device 5' has been terminated. As a result, the stream of ice cream in the feed line 13 will not be interrupted and will be directed to one charging device and to the other in alternation.
When the process according to the invention is carried out with only two charging devices, the filling of the hollow sticks of a given group is initiated when -the filling of the hollow sticks of an adjacent group has been terminated.
~Yhen the process according to the invention is ~B~82 carried out with three charging devices, which are arranged one behind the other along the co~veyor, the first charging device is used to charge ice cream into the hollow sticks o*
groups which are spaced a larger distance apart and the intervening hollow sticks are filled in succession by -the two other charging devices in an operation in which the second or third charging device is used first to continue the charging operation.
In all cases which have been described there will be a continuous s-tream of ice cream in the feed lineO
The hollow sticks are preferably conveyed in a horizontal orientation. But the hollow s-tioks may alter-natively be conveyed with parallel vertical longitudinal axes. In that case the carriages may be moved in a plane which is parallel to the plane con-taining the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks or the carriages may be moved in a preferably vertical plane, which is at an oblique angle to the plane containing the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks, and the charging tubes of the charging device are moved into and out of the hollow sticks in the plane containing the longitudinal axes of the hollow sticks.
~ harging devices may be provided only at one end of the hollow sticks so that the hollow sticks are completely filled only from one end.
~ lternatively, charging devices may be provided at both ends of the hollow sticks so that one half of each hollow stick is filled from one end and the o-ther half from the other end, or the hollow sticks of one group are filled entirely from one end and the hollow sticks of another group are also entirely filled from the opposite end.
Claims (16)
1. In a process of charging a filler into edible hollow sticks, the improvement residing in that juxtaposed parallel hollow sticks forming a plurality of consecutive groups are moved continuously and in unison, a filler supplied in the form of a continuous stream of filler is continuously charged from said stream into each hollow stick of a preceding one of said groups, and said filler is continuously charged from said stream into the hollow sticks of a succeeding one of said groups without an interruption between the charging of said filler into the hollow sticks of said preceding group and the charging of said filler into the hollow sticks of said succeeding group.
2. The improvement set forth in claim 1 as applied to the charging of said filler into internally coated hollow sticks.
3. The improvement set forth in claim 1 as applied to the charging of said filler into chocolate coated hollow sticks.
4. The improvement set forth in claim 1 as applied to the charging of a filler consisting of ice cream into said hollow sticks.
5. The improvement set forth in claim 1, wherein said hollow sticks are placed with substantially parallel longitudinal axes on a continuously revolving conveyor and are conveyed by said conveyor during the charging of said filler into said hollow sticks.
6. The improvement set forth in claim 1, wherein hollow sticks of said succeeding group are disposed between hollow sticks of said preceding group.
7. The improvement set forth in claim 1, wherein said charging of said filler into said hollow sticks of said preceding group is terminated when each hollow stick of said preceding group contains at least a desired quantity of said filler and said charging of said filler into said hollow sticks of said succeeding group is initiated as soon as said charging of said filler into said hollow sticks of said preceding group has been terminated.
8. In a process of charging a filler into edible hollow sticks, the improvement residing in that juxtaposed parallel hollow sticks are placed with horizontal longitudinal axes on a conveyor which revolves continuously in a direction which is transverse to said axes, said filler is charged into said hollow sticks from at least two charging devices, which are operated in alternation and each of which comprises a plurality of charging tubes, each of said charging devices is moved along a length portion of said conveyor in synchronism therewith from an initial position to an end position, the charging tubes of each of said charging devices are moved into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor during said movement of said charging device from said initial position to said end position, said filler is charged into said hollow sticks from said charging tubes as the latter are moved out of said hollow sticks, each of said charging devices is returned from said end position to said initial position, a continuous stream of said filler is fed to said charging devices and said charging of said filler from said charging tubes of one of said charging devices into respective hollow sticks is initiated as soon as the charging of said filler from said charging tubes of another of said charging devices into respective hollow sticks has been terminated.
9. The improvement set forth in claim 8 as applied to the charging of said filler into internally coated hollow sticks.
10. The improvement set forth in claim 8 as applied to the charging of said filler into chocolate-coated hollow sticks.
11. The improvement set forth in claim 8, as applied to the charging of a filler consisting of ice cream into said hollow sticks.
12. The improvement set forth in claim 8, wherein said filler is charged from the charging tubes of one of said charging devices into said hollow sticks of one group of said hollow sticks on said conveyor and said filler is charged from the charging tubes of another one of said charging devices into said hollow sticks of another group of said hollow sticks on said conveyor.
13. The improvement set forth in claim 12, wherein hollow sticks of said other group are disposed on said conveyor between hollow sticks of said one group.
14. In apparatus for charging a filler into edible hollow sticks, the improvement residing in the provision of a continuously revolvable conveyor;
at least two charging devices, each of which is independently movable along a length portion of said conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes, which are adapted to be moved into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor;
a single feed line, which is flexible at least in one length portion and branches to said charging devices and communicates with all said charging tubes;
actuating means associated with each of said charging devices and operable to move the charging tubes of the associated charging device into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor;
valve means for interrupting the communication between said feed line and the charging tubes of each of said charging devices unless said charging tubes are being moved out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor; and control means, which in a first operation of the apparatus cause said actuating means associated with one of said charging devices to move the charging tubes of said one charging device out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor and cause said actuating means associated with another of said charging devices to move the charging tubes of said other charging device into respective hollow sticks on said conveyor and which in a second operation of the apparatus cause said actuating means associated with said other charging device to initiate the movement of the charging tubes of said other charging device out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor as soon as said valve means have interrupted the supply of said filler material to said charging tubes of said one charging device.
at least two charging devices, each of which is independently movable along a length portion of said conveyor in synchronism therewith and comprises at least two charging tubes, which are adapted to be moved into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor;
a single feed line, which is flexible at least in one length portion and branches to said charging devices and communicates with all said charging tubes;
actuating means associated with each of said charging devices and operable to move the charging tubes of the associated charging device into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor;
valve means for interrupting the communication between said feed line and the charging tubes of each of said charging devices unless said charging tubes are being moved out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor; and control means, which in a first operation of the apparatus cause said actuating means associated with one of said charging devices to move the charging tubes of said one charging device out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor and cause said actuating means associated with another of said charging devices to move the charging tubes of said other charging device into respective hollow sticks on said conveyor and which in a second operation of the apparatus cause said actuating means associated with said other charging device to initiate the movement of the charging tubes of said other charging device out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor as soon as said valve means have interrupted the supply of said filler material to said charging tubes of said one charging device.
15. The improvement set forth in claim 14, wherein a feeding station is provided for placing unfilled hollow sticks on said conveyor so that the longitudinal axes of said hollow sticks are transverse to the direction of travel of said conveyor, a delivering station is provided for delivering filled hollow sticks from said conveyor, and each of said charging devices is independently movable along said conveyor in synchronism therewith in the direction from said feeding station to said delivering station.
16. The improvement set forth in claim 15, wherein said feeding station is operable to place said hollow sticks with horizontal longitudinal axes on said conveyor, said actuating means associated with each of said charging devices comprise a carriage, and said control means comprise cam mechanisms, which are operable to move each of said carriages in and transversely to the direction of travel of said conveyor so that the charging tubes of the charging device carried by said carriage are moved into and out of respective hollow sticks on said conveyor.
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