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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:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John T. Wolfe, Streamwood, IL (US);
Joo H. Song, Northbrook, IL (US);
Christafor E. Sundstrom, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
David W. Record, River Forest, IL (US);
Donald J. Townsend, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin B. Broderick, Berwyn, IL (US);
Philip G. Schnell, Downers Grove, 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 method is provided for the total manufacture of chewing gum on a continuous basis. The method uses a blade and pin extruder that includes one or more hollow pins located at a distance from the shaft of the extruder that is at least 2.7% of the diameter of the barrel.