Patent ID: 6684758
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: A21C,A21D,A23G

Abstract:
Machine for manufacturing ices comprising:a conveyor belt having a loading area fitted with a plurality of trays for housing flat and stiff pieces of wafer a tunnel oven mounted on said conveyor belt beyond said loading area of said conveyor belt for softening said flat and stiff pieces of wafer housed within said trays, a shaping mechanism installed on said conveyor belt in a shaping area after an exit of said tunnel oven in which marginal parts of each tray are folded in an upward direction transforming the wafer housed within said tray into a fluted form, having a U-shaped section with rounded vertices, assisting in the shaping of said pieces of wafer (10) a pressing mechanism fitted with a plurality of tampers for assisting in the shaping of wafers housed within said trays, which pressing mechanism acts on the trays, and more specifically on an upper face of the wafers located inside said trays, a feeder mechanism located on said conveyor belt beyond said pressing mechanism for filling said fluted form of said wafer with ice cream.