Patent ID: 7582319
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A process for producing shell-shaped consumable goods from a bulk fat substance containing cocoa or chocolate, comprising the following steps: metered quantity filling of an alveolus of a mold with the bulk fat substance, said alveolus determining an outer surface of the shell-shaped consumable goods and said bulk fat substance being in a flowable tempered state, wherein the temperature of the mold is below the temperature of the bulk fat substance; dipping a cooling body determining an inner surface of the consumable goods into the bulk fat substance, wherein a temperature of the cooling body is below a melting temperature of the bulk fat substance, so that the bulk fat substance is distributed in the space between the mold and the cooling body; maintaining the cooling body dipped in the bulk fat substance until the bulk fat substance in the space between the mold and the cooling body has solidified; wherein after the alveolus is filled and before the cooling body is dipped into the bulk fat substance, the bulk fat substance is vibrated for a vibration time, wherein the vibration is conveyed either directly to the mold or to the air over the alveolus of the mold via a vibration device, the vibration device being operated at a variable frequency, a variable amplitude, or a variable frequency and a variable amplitude, wherein the vibration frequency is varied during the vibration time either at least during a portion of said duration of time a vibration frequency of said bulk fat substance has approximately the same value as a resonance frequency of said bulk fat substance, and air surrounding the cooling body is constantly dehumidified.