| US 7,332,186 B2 | ||
| Method of making centerfilled gum product with candy shell | ||
| Bharat Jani, East Brunswick, N.J. (US); Marc Degady, Morris Plains, N.J. (US); Richard Mark Warrington, Sparta, N.J. (US); Demian Arenas, Minneapolis, Minn. (US); and Edward M. Janos, Basking Ridge, N.J. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cadbury Adams USA LLC, Parsippany, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 26, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/664,427. | ||
| Application 10/664427 is a division of application No. 09/803857, filed on Mar. 12, 2001, granted, now 6,623,266. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/262913, filed on Jan. 19, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0037925 A1, Feb. 26, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A23B 7/16 (2006.01); A23G 4/20 (2006.01); A23P 1/08 (2006.01); A23P 1/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 426—3 [426/307; 426/421; 426/516] | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method of making a three-material lollipop product, said steps comprising:
extruding a rope of gum material from an extruder into a tubular member;
transporting said extruded rope of gum material through said tubular member into a batch forming mechanism;
injecting a center-fill semi-liquid material into said rope of gum material;
continuously molding molten candy material around said tubular member and said gum material in said batch forming mechanism
thereby forming a rope of candy coated center-filled gum material;
transporting said rope of candy coated center-filled gum material to a lollipop forming mechanism; and
forming individual lollipop balls from said candy coated center-filled gum material in the lollipop forming mechanism.
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