Soft chewing gum wrapping machine
CA 2029683 A1 · Owner: Piano, Anthony P. · Inventors: Piano, Anthony P.
Overview
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A high speed apparatus for cutting and wrapping soft chewing gum comprises a plurality of substantially parallel cutters having cutting heads to cut the gum into relatively thin rectangular-shaped pieces. The cutters are moved to a position where each individually shaped piece of gum is placed into a nest on a wrapping tray with a wrapper located therebetween. The cutters are moved in an eccentric ovoid path by a ring wheel and grooved cam wheel arrangement which causes the cutting heads to separate and move back together as they move through a cycle. During placement of the stick of gum in the nest a flat side of, the shaped piece of gum is urged against the flat bottom of the nest. The …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 9, 1990. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 9, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 9, 2012.
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