Title:
PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FROZEN AERATED CONFECTIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/003739
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A process for manufacturing frozen aerated confectionery products is provided, the process comprising; providing two rollers wherein each roller has a multiplicity of open cavities on its surface and wherein the rollers are aligned so that the surfaces touch; providing filling means for filling said cavities with a frozen aerated confection at a temperature higher than the temperature of the rollers; filling two cavities, one on each roller, with a frozen aerated confection having an overrun of between 10% and 130%; allowing the frozen aerated confection to expand outside its cavity; and counter-rotating the rollers so that respective cavities in the two rollers lie opposite one another and the frozen aerated confection in a cavity of the first roller is pressed against the frozen aerated confection in an opposite cavity of the second roller; characterised in that the surfaces of the rollers in which the cavities are located are conical. An apparatus for operating the process is also provided.
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Inventors:
BINLEY GARY NORMAN (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2009/056823
Publication Date:
March 04, 2010
Filing Date:
June 03, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNILEVER PLC (GB)
UNILEVER NV (NL)
UNILEVER HINDUSTAN (IN)
BINLEY GARY NORMAN (CN)
UNILEVER NV (NL)
UNILEVER HINDUSTAN (IN)
BINLEY GARY NORMAN (CN)
International Classes:
A23G9/04; A23G9/22; A23G9/28; A23G9/44
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2004017748A2 | 2004-03-04 |
Foreign References:
| EP1886580A1 | 2008-02-13 | |||
| JPS6291148A | 1987-04-25 | |||
| US2705462A | 1955-04-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
CLARKE, Christopher, John (Unilever Patent GroupColworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedford Bedfordshire MK44 1LQ, GB)
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