Pin-less socket for frozen confections

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A pin-less socket apparatus and manufacturing system for assembling a frozen confection using such socket apparatus including a socket for accepting a conical food product therein the socket having a hook with one or more teeth located at an outer periphery of the socket a hinge located on an outside of the socket the hook movably attached to the socket via the hinge a force mechanism for holding the hook in place against the socket. The force mechanism takes the form of either an annular spring or O-ring located around the socket and hook or a linear spring attached to the hook in a lever-type manner. The manufacturing system includes a coating area for coating a wafer cone with a …