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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1991
Ross S Bainbridge, Wyoming, MI (US);
Gordon Steels, Petersborough, GB;
APV Baker Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
The specification discloses an apparatus for making confectionary or other shell goods by the method of filling a mold with a desired media and then inverting the mold to drain the media from the mold while leaving the mold coated by a layer of the media, thereby forming a hollow shell inside the mold. The mold travels through the apparatus on a conveyor. A sliding table is used to provide a turning point which defines the mechanism by which the mold is inverted. The sliding table receiprocates back and forth between extended and retracted positions along the direction of travel of the conveyor so that the speed of inverting the mold can be increased as the sliding table is retracted or decreased as the sliding table is extended.