Process and apparatus for molding ice confectionery with separable mold parts

Abstract

Iced confectionery articles are prepared with two-part mold members transported within a heat-insulated compartment and in which a cryogenic gas is applied to the mold members for freezing product metered into the mold members. Each mold member part is integral with a bar member to provide bar member and mold member part sets, and the sets are transported so that the first bar member of each set is driven so that it contacts and pushes the second bar member and so that the mold member parts fit together to form a mold member which defines a cavity for receiving and containing a product for being molded and so that after having frozen product in the mold members, and under dry conditions, bar member and mold member part sets are transported so that the second bar member is driven and the first bar member is transported so that the second bar member and the second mold part are parted away from the first bar member and first mold member part for separating the two parts of the mold members one from the other and from the frozen product so that a frozen product article formed by the freezing may be transported away from the mold parts.