Appeal No. 1998-1722
Application No. 08/527,018
and 20) and to a chewing gum product (claims 5, 10, 13, and 18).
Further details of this appealed subject matter are recited in
representative claims 1, 4, 5, 6, and 16 reproduced below:
1. A method of manufacturing chewing gum
comprising the steps of adding chewing gum ingredients
to a high efficiency continuous mixer that includes a
conveyor element on a screw of the mixer at a location
that is not directly under an ingredient addition
port.
4. The method of Claim 1 wherein finished gum
base is added to the high efficiency continuous mixer.
5. The chewing gum product manufacturing [sic]
according to the method of Claim 1.
6. A method of continuously manufacturing
chewing gum without requiring separate manufacture of
a chewing gum base, comprising the steps of:
a) adding at least an elastomer and filler into
a high efficiency continuous mixer, and mixing the
elastomer and filler together in the continuous mixer;
b) adding a [sic, at] least one ingredient
selected from the group consisting of fats, oils,
waxes and elastomer plasticizers into the continuous
mixer, and mixing said ingredient with the elastomer
and filler in the continuous mixer;
c) adding at least one sweetener and at least
one flavor into the continuous mixer, and mixing said
sweetener and flavor with the remaining ingredients to
form a chewing gum product; and
d) wherein after one of the ingredients is
added to the mixer, it is subjected to a conveyor
element on a screw of a single high efficiency
continuous mixer, the conveyor element being located
at a position that is not directly under an ingredient
addition port.
16. A method of continuously manufacturing
chewing gum comprising the steps of:
a) adding a gum base to a blade-and-pin mixer;
b) adding at least one sweetener and at least
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