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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1985
Thomas H Lutsey, Green Bay, WI (US);
Vernon L Bero, Green Bay, WI (US);
Gold Bond Ice Cream, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of forming and conveying hot baked shells is disclosed. Confectionary discs are picked up after baking and fed in succession to a rotary wheel which folds the disc into taco shapes. A fixed rail receives the folded shell so that the shells hang therefrom. An endless belt, coextensive with the support rail, holds the formed shells to the rail and frictionally drives the shells freely sliding therealong. In the embodiment disclosed, the support rail and support device are tubular and fluid flows therethrough to cool and harden the formed shells. The traveling folded shells are subjected to an oil spray which tends to make the shells remain crisp and generally impervious to moisture from a subsequently applied filling.