Patent ID: 6830006
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A23G,A23L

Abstract:
An apparatus for producing particles of a foodstuff, having a fat content of at least 50%, a sugar content of not more than 20% and a water content of not more than 10%, with the foodstuff which is present in liquid form being applicable by means of a dosing device in the form of a film or in the form of a strip onto a moved surface of a cooling device with which the foodstuff is at least partly hardenable, characterized in that the dosing device comprises a permanently opened pass-through cross section and an elastically deformable membrane which is in contact with one surface of the foodstuff and which can be deflected in a direction approximately perpendicular to its plane, as a result of which the volume of a reservoir for the foodstuff can be changed, and that the dosing device and the cooling device are disposed in an encapsulated way within an enclosed vessel which can be sterilized in its interior.