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Metered conveyor feed system for gum components

A technology of gum and feeder, which is applied in application, chewing gum, and thin material processing, etc., and can solve problems such as difficult to accurately control the feeding of small-volume components

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-12-08
INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
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Therefore, for mixtures of dry powdered gum components that may include small volumes of one or more components, it is difficult to accurately and Precisely control the feed of small volume components, especially if the other component is a larger volume component

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[0079] In a first specific contemplated embodiment, in gum manufacturing apparatus and methods according to the present invention, gum mixer 102 takes the form of a continuous mixer, more specifically, a continuous extruder. Again, the conveyor apparatus 108 is used to deliver only the layered stream 118 of dry gum components. Although the dry gum component may include dry flavors, sweeteners (including bulk sweeteners, high-intensity sweeteners, and / or encapsulated sweeteners), and bulking agents, this second embodiment Layered stream 118 will be primarily in the form of dry sweetener.

[0080] Bulking agent is added to gum mixer 102 at feed port 121 in the form of calcium carbonate at a rate of about 10% by weight. Next, gum base is added to gum mixer 102 from feeder 132 into inlet 122 in substantially liquid form at a rate of about 20% by weight of the finished gum. Next, downstream of the gum base, glycerin and lecithin are added to the gum maker 102, for example at a ra...

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[0085] refer to figure 1 as well as image 3 and 6 , a second specific example of making a representative gum composition having a composition similar but different to that of the first specific embodiment is explained below.

[0086] In this second contemplated embodiment, large amounts of bulk sweetener are used both to separate other ingredients from conveyor 130 and to encapsulate smaller amounts of ingredients, more similar to Figure 6 hint. However, when more than two components are present, stratified stream 118 will primarily refer to image 3 .

[0087] Again, gum mixer 102 takes the form of a continuous mixer, more specifically, a continuous extruder. Again, the conveyor device 108 is used to deliver only the layered stream 118 of the dry sweetener component.

[0088]Additional filler is added to gum mixer 102 at feed port 121 in the form of calcium carbonate at a rate of about 10% by weight of the finished gum. Next, gum base is added to gum mixer 102 from f...

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Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for conveying gum components and for making chewing gum, by conveying a substantially horizontally stratified flow of two or more gum components along a conveying path. Once the horizontally stratified flow of gum components is established, the flow of gum components can be supplied to a gum mixing machine in a substantially constant cross-sectional ratio of the gum components, even where it is necessary to adjust the rate of flow of gum components along the conveying path, or to periodically start and stop the flow of components during the gum making process.

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field of invention [0001] The present invention relates to making chewing gum, and more particularly to methods and apparatus for making chewing gum. Background of the invention [0002] The process of making chewing gum involves mixing together several gum components in precisely controlled amounts. Some of these components are liquids which may need to be supplied to the mixing vessel in a heated or cooled state, while other components are supplied to the mixing vessel as dry powders. Some of the components form the gum components that are used to make the total volume percentage of the chewing gum relatively large, while other gum components only constitute the gum components that are mixed together to form the chewing gum. The total volume percent of the gum component is small. [0003] In recent years, manufacturing gum has become a more automated and continuous process than was previously the case. These advances have been made possible in large part due to improvem...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A23G4/02
CPCH01L2924/14A23G4/02H01L2924/01014H01L2924/01013A23L1/0076A23P30/20Y10T137/87571
Inventor J·杜根
Owner INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC
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