Device for producing chocolate shells

Details Device for producing chocolate shells Device for producing chocolate shells

1998-12-23

2001-06-12

Nguyen, Nam (Department: 1722)

Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus

Sets of male-female press molds

Traveling female mold

C425S453000, C425S359000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06244851

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention concerns a device for producing a chocolate article, in particular a shell for hollow chocolate bodies, with a conveyor device for conveying molds, each having at least one alveolus for metering a liquid chocolate preparation, with each mold having at least one ram element by means of which a cooled ram element can be advanced to the minimum of one alveolus for immersion in the chocolate preparation while it is still liquid.
German Utility Model No. 9,419,672 G discloses a device for producing a chocolate article having a conveyor device for conveying molds. The molds have at least one alveolus for metering a liquid chocolate preparation and at least one ram element.
It is known from British Patent No. 207,974 to provide a cooled ram which is immersed in the liquid chocolate preparation in a chocolate mold, resulting in a hollow chocolate body of the desired thickness. Another device for producing chocolate articles is known from European Patent No. 589,820, where the ram which is immersed in the chocolate preparation is cooled to a temperature of at least 0° C.
European Patent No. EP 0 715 813 to Uwe Bindler, which is commonly owned by the assignee of the present application, discloses a conventional chocolate mold
2
having three alveoli
22
, as shown in FIG.
2
. The alveoli
22
are small cavities, or pits, and represent the outer surface of a hollow chocolate body which is produced by the mold. The mold has associated with it a ram or punching element
24
. The ram has a plurality of stamps
26
which correspond directly with the alveoli
22
, and are arranged as to fit into the alveoli. To produce hollow chocolate bodies, the alveoli
22
in the mold are filled with liquid ready-to-process chocolate preparation
28
and the ram
24
, including the stamps
26
, is moved towards the mold
2
such that the stamps reach at least partly into each respective alveolus and which partly displaces the chocolate already in the alveoli. As a result, the chocolate preparation
28
that remains in the space between the alveolus
22
and the stamp
26
forms the hollow chocolate shell. This is shown in FIG.
3
. Preferably, the ram
24
, and particularly the stamps
26
, are cooled to form the hollow chocolate body.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of this invention is to provide an improved device for producing a chocolate article, with optimized manufacturing technology.
This object is achieved according to this invention by the fact that the conveyor device has a first collecting line from which the molds can be discharged individually and a second collecting line (
1
c
) to accommodate the discharged molds, where each mold (
2
) together with the minimum of one ram element assigned to it can be moved from the first collecting line to the second.
This invention is characterized in that the molds which are conveyed serially in the conveyor device can be collected on the first collecting line, discharged from there, received by the second collecting line and conveyed there further serially in the desired order. Since the ram element and mold are moved together between the collecting lines, the remaining time in the transfer from the first collecting line to the second collecting line can be used for solidification of the chocolate preparation. Then the conveyance operation begins again.
The molds are then preferably conveyed through an air-conditioned dry air chamber, specifically together with the ram unit, i.e., they remain in the dry air chamber until the shells have solidified adequately.


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