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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Gea Food Solutions Weert B.v., RV Weert, NL;
Bruno Gerfried Baumeister, Aachen, DE;
GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS WEERT B.V., RV Weert, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a lollipop production and down-stream processing apparatus () with a forming unit () and a down-stream processing unit () and a transfer wheel () in between the units () which rotates around a first axis () and which comprises a multitude of grippers () which releasably hold the stick of the lollipop and which rotate relative to the transfer wheel () around a second axis of rotation () parallel to the first axis of rotation (). The present invention further relates to a method to transfer a lollipop from a forming unit () to a down-stream processing unit () by means of a transfer wheel () which rotates around an axis of rotation () and which comprises a multitude of grippers (), each gripping the stick of a lollipop and taking it out of the holding means of the forming unit () and handing it over to the holding means of a down-stream processing unit ().