Wm Wrigley Jr Company

Amurol Products Company

Indiana University

Ronald L Ream

Dennis W Rybolt

Christine L Corriveau

Henry M Valdez

Martin R Cervenka

David Bruyea

Christopher Rowe

Hugh Calvert

Wendy Lau

William J Wokas

Michael J Greenberg

Enrique Valdez

David M Moore

Henry T Tyrpin

Michael P McHale

Michael P Russell

Leonard Matulewicz

Joo H Song

David W Record

Donald J Townsend

Philip G Schnell

David L Witkewitz

Sonya S Johnson

Ralph R Burin

Thomas M Tongue, Jr

William R Gleffe

Robert J Yatka

Michael A Reed

Weisheng Li

Donald Arthur Seielstad

Victor V Gudas

Gwendolyn Graff

Charlean B Gmunder

Sharon Van Horn

Mitchell B Dikselis

Mansukh M Patel

Gordon N McGrew

David G Barkalow

Steven E Zibell

Jeffrey S Hook

James Roy Maxwell

Daniel J Zyck

Carl J Kleber

Joseph C Muhler

Daniel J Sitler

Rocco A Pawlowski

Rebecca Ann Aumann

George M Nichtula

S Kristine Cahill

Gregory J Milosch

Timothy J Guydan

Donald C Hassler

Jeffery C Mormann

Nicholas Partipilo

Samuel J Louden

E Michael Ackley, Jr

Victoria L Schlecht

Robert D Riedy

Jack D Nimz

Brian Ream

Dennis Rybolt

The present disclosure provides apparatuses and methods for non-contact printing on comestible products. The apparatus includes an extruder for extruding a slab of an edible substrate and a non-contact printing device for printing an edible ink on the slab. The apparatus provides versatility as the printing device may be placed anywhere along the apparatus. The printing device may be positioned along the apparatus as desired to operate in cooperation with other components of the apparatus.

Non-contact printed comestible products and apparatus and method for producing same

The present disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, methods and products directed to non-contact printing of confectionery products. The confectionery products may include an edible substrate having a surface and an edible ink printed on the edible surface. The edible ink may cover at least about 5% of the surface. An apparatus of the present disclosure may include a removal device for removing at least a portion of a rolling compound from a confectionery material and a printing device for non-contact printing an edible ink-indicia on the confectionery material. An apparatus of the present disclosure may also include a detection device detecting the presence of confectionery material at a predetermined position.

Confectionary

The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for packaging a non-contact printed edible substrate as well as the resultant packaged product. The packaging apparatus may include a non-contact printer, a carrier, and a package located at a discharge position. The carrier may be constructed and arranged to transport the edible substrate from the print position to the package and orient same in the package so that the printed ink indicia is visible through at least a portion of a panel of the package. At a print position, the non-contact printer is constructed and arranged to apply an edible ink indicia to an edible substrate. The packaging apparatus may form a packaged product having a plurality of compartments where at least one compartment at least partially defined by a panel. The interior of the compartment contains at least one edible substrate comprising a surface and a printed edible ink indicia on the surface so that the ink indicia is visible through at least a portion of the panel.

Apparatus for packaging non-contact printed comestible products

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Plano, IL, United States of America

Ronald L Ream