Apparatus and process for preparing confectionery having an inclusion therein using forming rolls and a forming pin

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The present invention is directed to a forming apparatus comprising (a) first and second forming rolls (18, 20) with forming pockets (66) in corresponding alignment, wherein at least one roll has one or more continuous grooves (63) extending around the circumference of the roll (18 20) in a plane , perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the roll and which intersects the forming pockets (66) in the plane, wherein the first and second forming rolls (18, 20) rotate in directions counter to one another and (b) one or more , forming pins (15) positioned between the counter rotating rolls and within the continuous groove (63) of the roll.