Apparatus and method for manufacturing products

• Main Authors: BANISTER, STUART, MARK, WILLIAMSON, FINBARR, CHARLES, RONALD, BUFTON, ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER, JELLEY, SIMON, PHILIP, HAINES, RODERICK, ANDREW, BOWN, GAVIN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 30.04.2014
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; BAKING; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; EDIBLE DOUGHS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING BAKED ARTICLES MADE FROM DOUGH; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; MACHINES OR EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING OR PROCESSING DOUGHS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY ASINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A method of manufacturing products, the method comprising extruding at least one first material through an extrusion aperture defined in a die to form an extrudate body, and depositing a further material on the exterior of the extrudate body through at least one fluid outlet located downstream of the extrusion aperture.