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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1994
Filed:
May. 24, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary Kehoe, Scarborough, NY (US);
John Zimmerman, Clemmons, NC (US);
Thomas Carroll, Oak Ridge, NJ (US);
Michael Diehl, Jenison, MI (US);
Assignee:
Nabisco, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G / ; A23P / ; B29B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426516 ; 366 85 ; 366 90 ; 425204 ; 425205 ; 425209 ; 426-5 ;
Abstract
Material such as chewing gum is treated to reduce its density by working it and feeding it through a twin-screw corotating extruder configured to provide flow at first and second longitudinal rates, pulling in a plane normal to the axis of flow, and further working and homogenization.