CHEWING GUM MANUFACTURE

• Main Authors: BROWN, SCOTT, G, RYBOLT, DENNIS, W, ARTIAGA, MARIANO, V, CERVENKA, MARTIN, R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.12.2009
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; CHEWING GUM; COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; CONFECTIONERY; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; ICE-CREAM; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

A chewing gum sheet is formed without substantial use of a powdered non-stick agent by extruding a slab having a tacky surface of heated chewing gum composition onto a moving conveyor; cooling the slab on the conveyor sufficiently to cool the surface of the slab; and passing the slab from the conveyor through at least one cooled roller to form a chewing gum sheet with predetermined dimensions. Selon l'invention, une feuille de gomme à mâcher est formée sans utilisation notable d'un agent non collant en poudre par extrusion d'une plaque ayant une surface collante composée de gomme à mâcher chauffée sur un transporteur en mouvement; refroidissement de la plaque sur le transporteur de façon suffisante pour refroidir la surface de la plaque; et passage de la plaque, à partir du transporteur, à travers au moins un rouleau refroidi afin de former une feuille de gomme à mâcher de dimensions prédéterminées.