Carroll Verne Ellsworth

US Patent:

45302146, Jul 23, 1985

Filed:

Apr 4, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/597240

Inventors:

Carroll V. Ellsworth - Hagerstown MD
Fredrick W. Schultz - Green Bay WI
Harold J. Vastag - Green Bay WI

Assignee:

Gold Bond Ice Cream, Inc. - Green Bay WI

International Classification:

A23G 900

US Classification:

62 71

Abstract:

A confection freezing machine has a freezing chamber through which passes an endless conveyor having a plurality of successive separate planular support plates. The mold elements are supported on the support plates with one or more mold chambers normally facing upwardly. After the mold chambers are filled, the mold elements are carried through the freezing chamber to harden the ice cream therein. At the discharge from the freezing chamber, the mold elements are successively and automatically pivoted to an upsidedown inverted position for release of the confection therefrom. The mold elements are then pivoted back to their normal position for recharging.