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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1991
Richard E Durst, Austin, TX (US);
APV Crepaco Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for processing of ice cream confections, having constant-velocity confection pick-up function which is uninterrupted by pausing confection-drop function. A confection conveyor system having two cooperating conveyor sections has a constant-velocity confection-receiving station on the first conveyor section and a pausing confection-drop station on the second conveyor section. A serial stream of confections is obtained from a constant-velocity serial stream of confections on the first conveyor section at an intermediate transfer station between the two conveyor sections. At the confection-drop station located in the second conveyor section one confection is dropped on each lane of several parallel lanes on an off-line confection wrapper. The confections are dropped substantially without horizontal motion as received by the wrapper.