IL33629A - Apparatus for the manufacture of hollow sweets,with or without filling - Google Patents

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33629 2 Apparatus r the manufacture of hollow sweets or without filling August Storok GmbH The Invention relates to an apparatus for producing hollow sweet The apparatus of invention is applicable to sweetmeats made for hard boiled or fondant or for example to the invention the apparatus comprises a plurality of open topped means for introducing a measured quantity of castable confectionary material into said said plurality of moulds and said Introducing means constituting cooperatin said plurality of open topped moulds being rotatable so that a hollow body corresponding the internal shape of the mould is formed by centrifugal force actin on the castable conveying means for conveying a holder rotatably holding moulds and attached to said conveying means for rotating said said means couplings which releasably engage said switches controlling said couplings and cooperating wit said introducing so that rotation of a mould occurs at the immediatel after the introduction of said castable confectionary material said The apparatus may include an endless chain for conveying the a carrying the moulds each being rotatable in a Preceding the means dispensing the castable confectionary material a 3 preheating chamber may be provided and following the dispensin means a cooling chamber may be the conveyor passing through both of said To distribute the filling on and up the sides of the hollow the mould may be rotated A hot air current may be to accelerate the distribution the mass forming the mould may be provided an ejecting plunger either inside or on the exit side of the cooling control means for operatin the plungers may be located to consecutively eject from their respective moulds the cooled sweetmeats when these have The open topped moulds ma presented in continuous progressio or in intermitten steps to the dispensing means gives out measured quantities of liquid or conectionary material and the rotated about centre durin filling at a sufficiently high speed for the metered quantit of sugar mass discharged into each mould to distributed over the entire interior mould When the quantity confectionary material for formin the shell has been filled the the latter may be presented consecutively to one o more additional dispensing devices for solid or powder filling whereupon a final dispensing device forms lid on the filled confection by dispensing a further portion of sugar mass before According to whether the moulds are conveyed continuous o in intermittent filling nozzles of several pensing devices are arranged either to participate in the forward notio of the moulds tha to filled alternatively intermittently advancing moulds briefly stop under each of the dispensing Two hollow bodies by rapid at least one o which is filled ma be placed with thei open sides face to face and bonded This procedure permits for hollow balls of hard boiled sugar containin a liquid or powder filling to be In order facilitate ejecting spun suga confections the the latter may be coated with parting agen before they are charged with the sugar alternatively the moulds may to some extent be preheated they receive the mass to prevent the mass om being quenched on the internal walls of the mould whilst mass is still being invention is illustrated by way example in accompanying drawings in 1 to 8 are schematic representations of individual steps of a method of producing sweetmeat by means o the apparatus according to the 9 to 20 show different kinds of sugar confections can be produced by means of apparatus according to the 21 22 diagrammatic representations of apparatus according to invention for producing Illustrates part of the means fo conveying moulds and of the drive means rotating the moulds an With reference to 1 to 7 a mould 1 fixed to a shaft The mould 1 is heated to a temperature o 30 and preferabl b ho internal surface is briefly sprayed with a parting unless the already possesses a ncn stick internal linin such as A measured quantity of hard sugar mass 4 is into the hollow mould 1 from a dispensing tube or nozzle the introduction of the mass the mould ma already be rotating its axis the mass may first be introduced whilst the mould stationary and the mould then The mould must rotate quickly enough the resultant centrifugal force to spread the sugar mass over the entire internal surface of the A speed of has been found The exact speed of mould rotation depends on the viscosity and other physical properties of the sugar Durin of the mould the or sugar mass 4 is solidifies whilst spreading over the internal walls to form a shell as shown in During this spinnin process the suga mass coole sufficiently to or at least to retain the shape has been imparted to by spinning The coaling may be assisted by the provision of supplementary blowing nozzles or cooling The mould as shown in then be moved under another dispensing nozzle 5 discharges a quantity of a filling mass This mass may be a liquid or a solid mixture of liquids and sollde may also be introduced or fillings of cream or Finally the mould which has thus is moved under another filling which la fed by metering means which dispenses a quantity of hard boiled sugar mass 8 sufficient to form a lid on the boiled sugar shell of an intimate bond between the boiled lid necessary the mould 1 may again be spun whilst mass fo lid is to a distribution the blowing nozzles ma be provided which discharge a stream of warm air on the mass forming the and assigt its eve The mould may opnveyed through a cooling zone which the filled con completely cools and filled shells without lid ca which are subjected further working process passed through the coalin zone the finished confection is ejected from the 5 to 7 illustrate a mpdification of the me hod described with reference to 1 to 4 which substantially consists of use two shells 1 forming a hollow ball or other shape he form of body of First two moulds 1 and are charged with hard sugar mass as has been moulds are spun to two sugar shells possible introduc io of filling into the the lower the open o two moulds 1 and are together and the sugar shell in the upper mould is pushed down b a plunger st the top of the filled shell in the bottom mould as show in The temperature must be trolled to ensure that the shells are still in a condition in which their edges will firmly stick and bond Having been passed through cooling zprie the ball consisting of the two is ejected from the mould as in 3 arrangement described with reference to Whereas in 1 to 6 the mould is rotated about a vertical axis spin a mass in the axial 8 schematically illustrates an arrangement in substantially cylindrical mould rota es about a axis on a shaft this case hard boiled sugar mass is introduced through a horizontal tube which to the end of the hollo mould A predetermined quantity of liquid or viscous hard boiled sugar 4 injected into the interior of the whilst the latter and at same time fillin tube is gradually retracted from the mould A tubular hollow boiled sugar case is thus formed which may be provided with a filling used in some process in a similar manner tha described reference to 1 to to illustrate various forms of confectio have been produced by the above described 9 and 10 show respectively a hollow case and a shaped shel as from a hard boiled These sugar parts can be processed or left as they are in the form of 11 shows a oast confection in the form of a hollow tube 14 provided with a lateral opening 15 which is known a 12 shows a This consists of two hollow shells 16 each provided with an opening 17 in the centre and joined together to form a hollow body prior to A similar hollow body of spherical shape is shown in I this confection two half shells have likewise 14 and 15 show filled sugar confections consisting of hollow shells as in 9 which have been filled a liquid mass 6 14 and a powder mass 6 15 then with a cast lid The confection shown in 16 comprises a substantially cylindrical cup filled with a confiture or with s cream and closed as described with to Fig 4 b casting on a lid confection which in principle is the same as that shown in 16 from which it differs by the additional insertio solid body 9 such as a nut and which has been finally provided with an outer coating 10 is shown in 18 shows a similar confection to that of 17 which comprises a hollow shell 4 which is hat or domed confection shown in 19 comprises two Interposed shell 11 and 12 containing a filling which also the 20 shows a lollipo shell 18 has been formed by spinning a hard boiled sugar mass within a The shell 18 has been partly filled with a filling By spinning the filling 19 part of the latter has been forced up the of the sugar shell 18 to form a central depression which has then been filled with further sugar mass 20 to form a covering Before this latter mass a stick 21 was inserted into the The stick becomes firmly fixed in the solidified sugar mass 20 The confections shown in 9 to 20 can also be produced from other materials used in confectionary euch as s cream or 21 and 22 schematically illustrate two forms to the With to 21 a plurality of spinning moulds 22 are mounted in mould conveying means not shown in detail 25 but which have the form for an endless a Sach mould 22 is affixed at an end of a 23 which 1B rotatable in a holder attached to the conveyor The other end of the shaft carries a coupling member The upper of the chain 25 carrying the moulds 22 from to right 26 in passing through a heatin cooling means indicated by the outline Betwee the two units 26 and 27 a variety feeding and metering devices 32 are Located underneath this arrangement is a variable speed drive 34 imparting rotation to th moulds 22 on travelling chain The drive comprise a controlled transmission which is when means of 36 to coupling 24 on the shaft of a mould 22 and thus to rotate the mould Behind the drive means 34 to 36 vibrators 37 may be provided which operate to accelerate and the distribution of the mass contained inside the 28 a sprayer for a parting 2 is the dispensing nozzle o a sugar coating machine for forming the sugar shell 30 a device for inserting solid bodies such cherries into the is a casting machine for liquid or fillin 3 is a metering for powder fillings and a sugar casting machine for forming According to the type of confection to be produced an several orifices to provide a better and more rapid distribution of the on the insufficientOCRQuality

Claims (2)

1. · An apparatus or producing hollow sweet meats comprising a plurality of open topped moulds, means for introducing a measured quantity of castable confectionary material into said moulds, said plurality of moulds and said said plurality introducing means .constituting cooperating membersf/-emd-ene-oi of open topped mould3 -eeAe-o« {e*eti«g--««et)«fw being rotatable so that a hollow body corresponding to the internal shape of the mould is formed by centrifugal force acting on the oastable material, conveying means for conveying said moulds, a holder rotatably holding said moulds and attached to said conveying means, means for rotating said moulds, said means including couplings which releasably engage said moulds, awlv hes controlling said couplings and cooperating with said introducing means, so that rotation of a mould ocours at the latest immediately after the introduction of said castable oonfectionary material into said mould*

2. * An apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said conveying means is constituted by an endless chain means. 3« An apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein said conveying means is constituted by a turn-table means. 4· An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims and further comprising a cooling zone, said conveying means carrying said moulds into said cooling none after said moulds have been rotated and the castable oonfectionary material Introduced into oaid moulds. 5· An apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims and further comprising an ejector and means for operating said ejector so that 33629/2 6· An apparatus for producing hollow sweet meats substantially as hereinbefore described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings. For the Applicants DR. KEIMHOLD OOHN jiND PARTNERS