United States Patent (19) 11 4,224,354 Szegvari (45) "Sep
United States Patent (19) 11 4,224,354 Szegvari (45) "Sep. 23, 1980 54) METHOD FOR MAKING CHOCOLATE AND 56) References Cited CHO.COLATE FLAVORED MATER ALS U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS (75) Inventor: Andrew Szegvari, Akron, Ohio 3,149,789 9/1964 Szegvari................................. 24/27 3,204,880 9/1965 Haller ..............., a 241/29 3,395,020 7/1968 Chozianin et al. ........ ... 426/237 73) Assignee: Union Process International, Inc., 3,506,461 4/1970 Noschinski et al. ................... 99/483 Akron, Ohio 3,628,965 12/1971 Nijkerk .............. ... 426/518 X 3,998,938 12/1976 Szegvari............................ 241A29 X Notice: The portion of the term of this patent Primary Examiner-David M. Naff subsequent to Dec. 21, 1993, has been Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Reed, Smith, Shaw & disclaimed. McClay (21) Appl. No.: 944,740 (57) ABSTRACT A method is provided for making chocolate and choco 22 Filed: Sep. 22, 1978 late flavored materials. A pump means repeatedly circu lates a liquid continuum containing chocolate solids through conducting means to comminuting means Related U.S. Application Data formed of a bed of agitated grinding elements where the (63) Continuation of Ser. No. 751,913, Dec. 17, 1976, aban doned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. solids are comminuted, and through conducting means 468,270, May 10, 1974, Pat. No. 3,998,938, which is a back to the pump means at a rate of at least about 30 and continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 387,354, Aug. 10, 1973, preferably between 50 and 500 volumes of liquid contin abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser.
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