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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2012
Bharat Jani, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Leonard Scarola, Cary, NC (US);
Miles Van Niekerk, Madison, NJ (US);
Krishna Adivi, Summit, NJ (US);
Jesse Kiefer, Oxford, NJ (US);
Hendrik Eyselee, Glencoe, IL (US);
Bharat Jani, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Leonard Scarola, Cary, NC (US);
Miles Van Niekerk, Madison, NJ (US);
Krishna Adivi, Summit, NJ (US);
Jesse Kiefer, Oxford, NJ (US);
Hendrik Eyselee, Glencoe, IL (US);
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system for forming and cooling gum, the system including a forming system configured to size the gum to include a substantially uniform thickness, a cooling device that is disposed in-line with the forming system and configured to continuously receive the gum from the forming system at an entry point of the cooling device, and a multi-pass conveying system configured to continuously transport the gum from the entry point to an exit point of the cooling device, the forming system and the cooling device being configured to form and cool the gum to be in a condition for stacking or collecting upon exiting the exit point of the cooling device.