Patent ID: 6109007
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
A wrapping apparatus for molding and wrapping stick shaped food product, comprising:a shuttle molding plate having two spaced apart sets of four rectangular cavities, said shuttle movable back and forth between two shifted positions;cavity filling means located at one of said shifted positions for alternately filling each set of cavities as said shuttle molding plate is shuttled back and forth to alternately bring each set of cavities in alignment with said cavity filling means;two wrapping machines, each machine comprising a folding frame having four through cavities each aligned with a respective cavity set in said molding plate when said shuttle molding plate in a respective shifted position;sheet feeding means for interposing sets of wrapping sheets between each mold cavity set and a respective wrapping machine;pusher means for alternatively pushing product sticks from each cavity set and through a respective wrapping machine so as to wrap form food product sticks simultaneously, said wrapping machines each simultaneously wrapping four product sticks pushed through the respective cavities thereof.