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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
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
Methods of confection mold conveying are provided. An example method includes translating, in a first direction, a first pusher bar having spaced apart first pusher fingers oriented to engage confection mold trays while the first pusher bar is translated in the first direction. The method includes translating, in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first pusher bar where the first pusher fingers are oriented to avoid engagement with the confection mold trays while the first pusher bar is translated in the second direction. The first pusher bar is translated within a first conveyor segment of a confection mold conveyor. The method includes rotating a first rotatable shaft with a first helical channel formed therein that is sized and configured to move the confection mold trays. The first rotatable shaft is positioned to receive the confection mold trays from the first conveyor segment.
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