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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Terence M. Bollinger, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Steven A. Weis, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Gerald Thomsen, Palmyra, PA (US);
The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA (US);
Abstract
A confection mold conveying system and methods for manufacturing of confection products, the system including a first conveyor segment and a second conveyor segment. The first conveyor segment has a first pusher bar and a series of spaced apart first pusher fingers extending therefrom. The first pusher fingers are oriented to engage confection mold trays while the first pusher bar is translated in a first direction. The first pusher fingers are re-oriented to avoid engagement with the confection mold trays while the first pusher bar is translated in a second direction opposite the first direction. The second conveyor segment receives the confection mold trays from the first conveyor segment and can include a first rotatable shaft with a first helical channel to receive a first tab of one of the confection mold trays. Rotation of the rotatable shaft thereby continuously advances the respective confection mold tray in the first direction.