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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2002
Martyn Thomas Wray, Stamford, GB;
Russell Kevin Hall, Deeping St. James, GB;
Martyn Thomas Wray, Stamford, GB;
Russell Kevin Hall, Deeping St. James, GB;
Baker Perkins Limited, Southampton, GB;
Abstract
Apparatus () and process for the manufacture of lollipops in which lollipops () are transferred from a substantially horizontal condition in a hopper (), to a substantially vertical condition in a stick retainer () prior to placement in sugar confectionery. The apparatus comprises a hopper () for holding the sticks () with their longitudinal axes substantially horizontal, means () for ejecting a stick from the hopper in a substantially horizontal direction and feeder means () for feeding the ejected stick downwardly into a stick retainer () prior to placement in the sugar confectionery, the feeder means comprising a flexible tube () operable to conduct the stick from the hopper to the stick retainer whilst simultaneously changing the orientation at the stick to that of a downward direction.