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Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON CHEWING GUM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/049800
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method for applying print to at least one chewing gum surface, the method including forming a chewing gum composition into at least one chewing gum sheet having at least one printable surface, the chewing gum sheet having a desirable thickness, providing a print roller, transporting the at least one chewing gum sheet towards the print roller via a transporting surface, providing a gap between the print roller and the transporting surface, the thickness of the at least one chewing gum sheet being greater than a height of the gap, moving the at least one chewing gum sheet through the gap, printing indicia on the chewing gum sheet via the print roller during the moving of the at least one chewing gum sheet through the gap, and compressing the at least one chewing gum sheet during the moving of the at least one chewing gum sheet through the gap, the compressing occurring simultaneously with the printing.

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Inventors:
ELEJALDE CESAR C (US)
HOANG TINYEE (US)
KABSE KISHOR (US)
KAR SIMKIE (US)
LEVENSON DEBORAH (US)
SUTARIA DEVANG (US)
DEGADY MARC (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/058267
Publication Date:
July 04, 2013
Filing Date:
October 01, 2012
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Assignee:
KRAFT FOODS GLOBAL BRANDS LLC (US)
ELEJALDE CESAR C (US)
HOANG TINYEE (US)
KABSE KISHOR (US)
KAR SIMKIE (US)
LEVENSON DEBORAH (US)
SUTARIA DEVANG (US)
DEGADY MARC (US)
International Classes:
A23L5/40; A23G3/28; B41M1/26
Foreign References:
GB1497507A1978-01-12
US3644169A1972-02-22
FR2304297A11976-10-15
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GIBSON, Daniel R. (20 Church Street22nd Floo, Hartford Connecticut, US)
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