Patent ID: 8091319
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: A21D,A23G,A23P,B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a non-contact printer so constructed and arranged to apply an edible ink indicia to an edible substrate, the printer located at a print position; a carrier having a plurality of pockets, each pocket constructed to transport the edible substrate from a package to the printer and to a discharge position; and a transporter for moving the package having a plurality of package compartments from a load position to the discharge position, wherein the edible substrates are transferred from the package compartment to respective pockets of the carrier at the load position, such that the carrier trans sorts the edible substrate to the printer for printing of an indicia and to the discharge position, the edible substrates moving from the carrier pockets to the package compartments at the discharge position so that the printed ink indicia is visible through at least a portion of a panel of the package.