WO1999040800A1 - Method and device for production of different filled chocolates - Google Patents

Method and device for production of different filled chocolates Download PDF

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WO1999040800A1
WO1999040800A1 PCT/NO1999/000005 NO9900005W WO9940800A1 WO 1999040800 A1 WO1999040800 A1 WO 1999040800A1 NO 9900005 W NO9900005 W NO 9900005W WO 9940800 A1 WO9940800 A1 WO 9940800A1
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Inge Olav Vikestad
Björn ARSTAD
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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
    • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
    • A23G1/30—Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
    • A23G1/50—Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor characterised by shape, structure or physical form, e.g. products with an inedible support
    • A23G1/54—Composite products, e.g. layered laminated, coated, filled
    • 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
    • A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
    • A23G1/04—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products
    • A23G1/20—Apparatus for moulding, cutting, or dispensing chocolate
    • A23G1/21—Apparatus for moulding hollow products, open shells or other articles having cavities, e.g. open cavities
    • 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
    • A23G3/00—Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
    • A23G3/02—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor
    • A23G3/0236—Shaping of liquid, paste, powder; Manufacture of moulded articles, e.g. modelling, moulding, calendering
    • A23G3/0252—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
    • A23G3/0268—Moulds
    • A23G3/0273—Moulds of plastic or elastomeric material, or plastic or elastomer coated moulds
    • 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
    • A23G3/00—Sweetmeats; Confectionery; Marzipan; Coated or filled products
    • A23G3/02—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of sweetmeats or confectionery; Accessories therefor
    • A23G3/20—Apparatus for coating or filling sweetmeats or confectionery
    • 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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  • the present invention relates to a method and device for the production of different filled chocolates according to the preamble of the independent claims. It is previously .known to produce filled chocolates in a moulding plant, where one moulding plant can only produce one type of chocolate at one time. In such a plant a huge number of casting moulds will be transported automatically from one station to another. Every mould will have a number of cavities which thereby forms the piece of chocolate. It is possible to produce pieces with different shapes, but this is dependent upon the mould in the plant. If other types of chocolates are to be produced, the plant must be shut off and cleaned, the moulds must be replaced, and another type of chocolate and fill must be added.
  • the first station is moulding of shells. Here all the cavities in the mould will be filled with the chocolate which will form the shell. Subsequently the mould will be turned upside down and shaken so that only a coating will be left. After it is scraped clean, the mould will go through a refrigeration phase and the coating will be cooled out and thus form the shell of the chocolate.
  • the next station introduces the filling where all shells in a casting mould are moulded with the same type of fill. After some further shaking, the fill will be lead into a cooling process.
  • the third station moulds the bottoms where all the pieces in a mould will be moulded full of the same type of chocolate. The extra chocolate is normally scraped off, and the mould is refrigerated so that the bottom and the shell/filling hardens.
  • the pieces are removed from the mould either by turning the mould upside down or by vacuum, and the mould continues a new round in the plant.
  • the finished pieces are normally temporarily stored, and together with other pieces from the stock they are packed into a sales unit, for example a confectionary box.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device and a method where all the different pieces are produced and packed into the same box, in one production line. 2
  • this mould has different cavities corresponding to the geometric shape of the individual pieces. Furthermore, the location of the chocolates in the mould corresponds to the location in the finished confectionary box, however, there may be a larger distance between the pieces.
  • the drawing has different hatches to illustrate light and dark chocolate, and three types of fill.
  • the process according to the invention is shown as step 1-9 in the drawing which represents a simplification of a production line.
  • step 1 there is a casting mould 10 of a known type comprising a number of cavities 11, with a shape deciding the final form of the chocolates 12.
  • step 1 the casting mould 10 is washed and prepared for moulding of new chocolates 12.
  • step 2 the shells of the chocolates 12 are moulded. Different types of melted chocolate can here be added by moulding machines (not shown), for example different, alternatively split, moulding machines for light and dark chocolate. Afterwards, they are refrigerated in a common manner, or alternatively with use of a "frozen cone", as described in EP 0756455. The refrigeration is illustrated in step 3.
  • step 4 moulding of fill, different types of fill can simultaneously be added to one or more pieces in the mould.
  • moulding machines not shown
  • each moulding machines for example two to four
  • moulding machines for example two to four
  • the pieces are refrigerated at step 5.
  • step 6 the bottoms are simultaneously moulded with different types of chocolate, corresponding to the types which were moulded in step 2.
  • the bottom is moulded very accurately, so there is no need for following scraping of the surface of the mould.
  • the pieces are again refrigerated at step 7.
  • step 8-9 the chocolates 12, with bottoms up, are lifted out of the mould using vacuum- lifters (not shown) (step 8). Afterwards, the chocolates 12 are automatically transferred to 3 new cupping glasses (to be turned) and then laid in a sales unit 13 (step 9) with the same pattern as they were moulded in the casting mould 10.
  • the distance between the chocolates 12 in the casting mould 10 is larger than what is desirable in the sales unit 13. If so, the chocolates 12 can be drawn together in the lifting device between step 8 and 9. However, it is not the premise that the chocolates should change mutual position.

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Abstract

The present invention concerns a method and a device for producing different filled chocolates (12) in the same casting mould (10), provided with a number of cavities (11). Firstly, shells are moulded in all the cavities then fill is added to the shells, and the bottom is moulded onto the shells. Between every step there is refrigeration. Finished chocolates (12) are transported from the casting mould (10) for subsequent packing. The step comprising moulding of shells includes the possibility to mould shells of different types of chocolate, such as dark on light chocolate. The step comprising adding of fill to the shells includes the possibility to add different types of fill, and the step comprising moulding of bottoms to the shells includes the possibility to mould bottoms of different types of chocolates. The finished chocolates (12) are transported from the casting mould (10) to a sales unit (13), having the same relative location in the sales unit (13) as in the casting mould (10).

Description

Method and device for production of different filled chocolates.
• The present invention relates to a method and device for the production of different filled chocolates according to the preamble of the independent claims. It is previously .known to produce filled chocolates in a moulding plant, where one moulding plant can only produce one type of chocolate at one time. In such a plant a huge number of casting moulds will be transported automatically from one station to another. Every mould will have a number of cavities which thereby forms the piece of chocolate. It is possible to produce pieces with different shapes, but this is dependent upon the mould in the plant. If other types of chocolates are to be produced, the plant must be shut off and cleaned, the moulds must be replaced, and another type of chocolate and fill must be added.
The first station is moulding of shells. Here all the cavities in the mould will be filled with the chocolate which will form the shell. Subsequently the mould will be turned upside down and shaken so that only a coating will be left. After it is scraped clean, the mould will go through a refrigeration phase and the coating will be cooled out and thus form the shell of the chocolate.
The next station introduces the filling where all shells in a casting mould are moulded with the same type of fill. After some further shaking, the fill will be lead into a cooling process. The third station moulds the bottoms where all the pieces in a mould will be moulded full of the same type of chocolate. The extra chocolate is normally scraped off, and the mould is refrigerated so that the bottom and the shell/filling hardens.
At the last station, the pieces are removed from the mould either by turning the mould upside down or by vacuum, and the mould continues a new round in the plant. The finished pieces are normally temporarily stored, and together with other pieces from the stock they are packed into a sales unit, for example a confectionary box.
The disadvantage with this .known technique is that it is only possible to produce one type of chocolate at any given time, within the same production line. When several different pieces should be produced, this must be done in different production lines. Alternatively the plant must be shut off and cleaned, the moulds replaced, and another type of chocolate and fill added to the plant, before it is be restarted.
An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device and a method where all the different pieces are produced and packed into the same box, in one production line. 2
The object is fulfilled with a method and respectively a device, according to the characteristic part of the independent claims.
According to the present invention it is possible to mould several different chocolates in the same casting mould. This mould has different cavities corresponding to the geometric shape of the individual pieces. Furthermore, the location of the chocolates in the mould corresponds to the location in the finished confectionary box, however, there may be a larger distance between the pieces.
In the following the invention will be further described with reference to an example of an embodiment illustrated by the accompanying drawing, which shows a sketch of a production line according to the present invention.
The drawing has different hatches to illustrate light and dark chocolate, and three types of fill. The process according to the invention is shown as step 1-9 in the drawing which represents a simplification of a production line.
In step 1 there is a casting mould 10 of a known type comprising a number of cavities 11, with a shape deciding the final form of the chocolates 12. In step 1, the casting mould 10 is washed and prepared for moulding of new chocolates 12.
In step 2, the shells of the chocolates 12 are moulded. Different types of melted chocolate can here be added by moulding machines (not shown), for example different, alternatively split, moulding machines for light and dark chocolate. Afterwards, they are refrigerated in a common manner, or alternatively with use of a "frozen cone", as described in EP 0756455. The refrigeration is illustrated in step 3.
In step 4; moulding of fill, different types of fill can simultaneously be added to one or more pieces in the mould. This is done by a number of moulding machines (not shown), each having one type of fill and each filling one or more pieces, but several moulding machines, for example two to four, are integrated in the one process-step. It is also possible, within the scope of present invention, to place several moulding machines in section so that for example 12 different kinds of fill can be added with only three moulding machines in the same production line. After filling, the pieces are refrigerated at step 5.
In step 6 the bottoms are simultaneously moulded with different types of chocolate, corresponding to the types which were moulded in step 2. The bottom is moulded very accurately, so there is no need for following scraping of the surface of the mould. Then the pieces are again refrigerated at step 7.
In step 8-9, the chocolates 12, with bottoms up, are lifted out of the mould using vacuum- lifters (not shown) (step 8). Afterwards, the chocolates 12 are automatically transferred to 3 new cupping glasses (to be turned) and then laid in a sales unit 13 (step 9) with the same pattern as they were moulded in the casting mould 10.
From the production point of view, it may be necessary that the distance between the chocolates 12 in the casting mould 10 is larger than what is desirable in the sales unit 13. If so, the chocolates 12 can be drawn together in the lifting device between step 8 and 9. However, it is not the premise that the chocolates should change mutual position.

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4Claims:
1. Method for production of different filled chocolates (12) in the same casting mould (10), which mould (10) is provided with a number of cavities (11), comprising
- moulding of shells in all the cavities and subsequent refrigeration,
- adding of fill to all the shells, and subsequent refrigeration, - moulding of bottoms to all the shells and subsequent refrigeration, and
- transport of the finished chocolates (12) from the casting mould (10) for subsequent packing, characterized in that
- the step of moulding shells includes the opportunity to mould shells of different types of chocolate, such as light and dark chocolate,
- the step of adding fill to the shells includes the opportunity of adding different types of fill,
- the step of moulding bottoms to the shells includes the opportunity to mould bottoms of different types of chocolate, such as light and dark chocolate, and - the finished chocolates (12) are transported from the casting mould (10) to a sales unit (13) with the same relative location in the sales unit (13) as in the casting mould (10).
2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the mutual distance between the chocolates is reduced during transport from the casting mould to the sales unit (13).
3. Device for production of different filled chocolates (12) in the same casting mould (10), which mould is provided with a number of cavities (11), and the casting mould (10) is arranged to move along a production line, characterized in that
- one or more stations along the production line is arranged to add different types of chocolate to different cavities (11) in the mould (10) for moulding shells of the chocolates,
- one or more stations along the production line is arranged to add different types of fill to the shells in the cavities (11) of the casting mould (10), - one or more stations along the production line is arranged to add different types of chocolate to the different shells in the cavities (11) of the mould (10), for moulding the bottom of the chocolates, and
- a transport unit is arranged for transporting the finished chocolates (12) from the casting mould (10) to a sales unit (13), with the same relative location in the sales unit (13) as in the casting mould (10). 5
4. Device according to claim 3, characterized in that the transport unit is arranged to reduce the mutual distance between the chocolates when transported from the casting mould (10) to the sales unit (13).
5. Device according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the transport unit comprises a number of cupping glasses.
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DE102008001371A1 (en) * 2008-04-24 2009-10-29 Bühler AG Casting machine and casting machine modules
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USD822329S1 (en) 2014-10-31 2018-07-10 Mars, Incorporated Confectionery bar
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