Appeal No. 1997-2567
Application 08/390,029
THE INVENTION
Appellants claim an apparatus for making marble candy.
Claim 4 is illustrative and reads as follows:
4. An apparatus for manufacturing marble candy
comprising:
a plurality of hoppers in which differently colored candy
masses are stored, said hoppers being provided independently;
a deposit cylinder;
a plurality of syrup imbibing openings through which
candy masses are imbibed from said plurality of hoppers into
said cylinder, said plurality of syrup imbibing openings being
provided between at least one of said hoppers and said
cylinder;
a piston moving upward within said deposit cylinder to
simultaneously imbibe said candy masses from said plurality of
hoppers into said deposit cylinder through said plurality of
syrup imbibing openings, and moving downwards to close said
plurality of syrup imbibing openings;
a nozzle having at least one twisted-blade, said imbibed
candies passing through said nozzle and said twisted-blade to
form a marble candy when said piston moves in a downwards
direction;
a check valve provided between said plurality of syrup
imbibing openings and said twisted-blade, said check valve
being opened when said piston moves downward and closed when
said piston moves upwards in order to prevent a back flow of
said imbibed candies; and
a die into which said marble candy is poured.
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007