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Feb. 25, 1969 G. PUDERBACH 3,429,466 MACHINE FOR CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURE; Filed July 25, 1966 Sheet ? of 2 in NeNTOS G. Auderbach Feb. 25, 1969 G, PUDERBACH 3,429,466 MACHINE FOR CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURE Filed July 25, 1966 Sheet 2 of 2 saElesiassissa as AS NNENTee G. At / Cler Azc/, 3,429,466 United States Patent Office Patented Feb. 25, 1969 2 3,429,466 They contain previously cast confectioneries, which dried MACHINE FOR CONFECTIONERY in the meantime, as well as powder. The trays are emptied MANUFACTURE by being inverted, whereupon the mogul machine fills Gerhard Puderbach, Neuwied, Germany, assignor to the trays again with powder, punches mold indentations Richard Winkler and Dunnebier, doing business as into the powder, pours liquid confectionery body into Winkler & Dunnebier, Neuwied (Rhine), Germany, the mold indentations and then automatically assemblies a partnership the trays thus filled into a stack at the exit end of the Filed July 25, 1966, Ser. No. 567,486 machine. Claims priority, application Germany, July 30, 1965, Conventionally, each stack is disposed on a roller truck W 39,643 or other base. While the machine lifts off the trays from U.S. C. 214-306 6 Claims 0 the stack at the inlet end, a fresh stack is pushed toward Int. CI. B65b 21/02, B65g 57/00, 59/00 the machine. As soon as the last tray of the old stack is lifted off, the new stack is pushed by hand or automatically ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE into the lift off position, while the empty roller truck or 15 base is correspondingly pushed forward. A machine for casting confectionery with a powder Each of the aforementioned stacks consists of approxi filling in forms or trays is provided with a roller track mately 40 to 60 starch trays, disposed on a roller truck extending in the longitudinal direction of the machine at or base. Since a mogul molding machine processes an the inlet end thereof, a pallet easily movable upon the average of approximately 20 trays per minute, a stack track, preferably three or more stacks of forms or trays 20 of trays must be moved once every two to three minutes mounted according to a specific stack pitch upon the from the drying chamber to the inlet end of the machine pallet when the pallet is full, and an automatic periodically and a second stack must be moved from the exit end of operable device engaging the next stack when the front one the machine into the drying chamber. In addition, the has been emptied and pushing the next stack with the empty roller trucks, which are usually drawn laterally pallet into the position previously occupied by the 25 below the machine, must be pulled forward and moved to emptied stack. An automatic periodically operated drive the exit end of the machine to receive the new stacks of is located under the machine for transporting emptied trays. Since the drying chamber for the filled trays is not trays to the outlet end of the machine. Another pallet is usually closely adjacent to the mogul molding machine, easily movable upon another roller track extending in the but is often disposed at a distance of 20 m. or more, the longitudinal direction of the machine at the outlet end 30 conveyance of the tray stacks requires a considerable thereof. This pallet receives filled trays as stacks and effort in terms of time and labor. cooperates with an automatic periodically operating de The conventional method is very disadvantageous. The vice which engages behind the front filled stack and shifts conveyance of the stacks is a difficult and time consum it along with the pallet to the extent of a stack pitch. This ing operation. Proper structure to perform this task auto device also removes the empty pallet from the drive. 35 matically and conveniently has been noticeably lacking. attacrimen Particularly with the present high cost of labor, the con ventional processes have been uniformly unsatisfactory. This invention relates to a method of container supply An object of the present invention is to eliminate the and apparatus therefor, particularly for casting confec difficulties in prior art structures and to reduce to a frac tionery. The method and apparatus of this invention are 40 tion the great losses of time involved in the transportation appropriately employed whenever a plurality of con of the tray stacks. tainer elements are to be loaded successively into a ma According to the present invention the method previ chine, actuated in some manner by the machine, and sub ously used to transport the stacks of trays is replaced by sequently sequentially unloaded therefrom. a simple and foolproof structure comprising pallets pro Types of machinery wherein the method of this inven 45 vided at the inlet end and the outlet end of the machine. tion and the apparatus thereof can be employed are, for These pallets are made so as to be easily movable longi example, various molding devices and in particular con tudinally and are used to receive several, preferably three fectionery casting machines. These machines utilize a or four, stacks in a specific arrangement. Furthermore, plurality of trays which are initially stacked at the inlet of means are provided which automatically move the ap the machine and are successively introduced into the ma propriate pallet by one stack division after all of the trays chine. These trays are automatically conveyed from one from one stack are completely removed from the inlet station to the next through the machine and are finally end of the machine. Similar structure is provided to move automatically assembled at the exit end of the machine the appropriate pallet forward at the outlet end of the into a stack. Molding machines which can be utilized in machine when one stack of trays has been completely connection with the method and apparatus of this inven 5 5 filled. Conveying means are also provided which auto tion are described in British Patent 674,001. matically convey the completely empty pallet from the The method and apparatus of this invention, when inlet end to the outlet end of the machine. utilized in connection with Such molding machines, spec The number of stacks mounted upon one pallet depends ifically relate to the conveyance of the trays to, into and upon transporting means available for the transportation out of the machine. 60 of the pallets outside of the machine. The saving of time When the method and apparatus of this invention are increases with an increase of the number of stacks upon employed in connection with so-called mogul molding one pallet. machines in which, for example, parts of fondant, jelly, The foregoing sets forth a brief description of the in gumdrops, liqueur beans having a sugar crust, etc. are stant invention and some of the objects and advantages manufactured, the candy involved is poured into starch thereof. Further objects and advantages of this invention trays which are filled with starch powder. Since this is the will become apparent as the description proceeds. most important application of the instant invention, it The invention will be further described by reference to will be now described in association with such mogul the accompanying drawings that are made a part of this machine. specification. Generally, a modern mogul machine lifts starch trays 70 FIGURE 1 is a side view, in somewhat diagrammatic of automatically and successively from a stack. These form, of the preferred form of apparatus utilized to starch trays are disposed at the inlet end of the machine. carry out this invention and shows the transportation of 3,429,466 3. 4 the starch trays, the stacks and the pallets at both ends slightly raised position by the trays. When the last tray of of the machine. The internal structure of the machine it the stack S1 has been lifted from the pallets P1 and has self, which forms no part of this invention, has been been raised so that it no longer touches the upper end of omitted. the rod 14, the levers 15 pivot and cause the rod 14 to FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of the structure shown slightly drop and close the limit switch 16. in FIG. 1 taken along line II-II of FIG. 1 and illustrates As best shown in FIG. 3, the staple S1 is located be the transporting means for the tray staples and the pal tween two front stops 6 and two rods 17 located rear lets, without, however, showing the enclosing portions of wardly relatively to the direction of movement. Each the machine itself. rod 17 along with an opposed rod 18 are firmly mounted FIGURE 3 is a detail plan view, on an enlarged scale, upon a double lever 19 which is rotatably mounted in of the means employed for the introduction of a stack of 0. an upper portion 1 of the inlet section of the machine trays into the machine, without showing the machine it and which extends freely downwardly close to the pallet self. P1. A separate worm wheel 20 is firmly connected with FIGURE 4 is a detail sectional view through a pallet each double level 19. The two worm wheels 20 can be and the conveying means taken along line IV-IV of 15 turned to the extent of precisely 180° in the direction of FIG. 2. This view is also shown on an enlarged Scale. the arrow shown in FIG. 3 by worms 20' (FIG. 1) and a FIGURE 5 is a detail plan view of the portion of the separate electromotor (not shown), as will be described device which is used to automatically push forward a in greater detail hereafter.