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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joo H. Song, Northbrook, IL (US);
Donald Townsend, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Wm. Wrigley, Jr. Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23G 3/30 ;
Abstract
A process for continuously producing a chewing gum base comprises the step of compounding all of the ingredients in a single extruder. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of continuously adding an elastomer, a filler and a plasticizer into a continuous mixer, subjecting the elastomer, filler and plasticizer to a highly distributive mixing operation and continuously discharging the resulting chewing gum base from the mixer while the adding and mixing steps are in progress.