Patent ID: 9005691
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a semifinished confectionary product having a grain size, comprising: providing a first centrifugal unit having a tubular shell closed at opposite ends by two walls for defining an elongated processing chamber housing a motorized shaft fitted integrally with one or more coiled rows of radial appendices; providing a second centrifugal unit having a tubular shell closed at opposite ends by two walls for defining an elongated processing chamber housing a motorized shaft fitted integrally with one or more coiled rows of radial appendices; providing a third centrifugal unit having a tubular shell closed at opposite ends by two walls for defining an elongated processing chamber housing a motorized shaft fitted integrally with one or more coiled rows of radial appendices; grinding sugar within the first centrifugal unit from a first grain size to a second grain size, the second grain size being smaller than the first grain size, the second grain size being larger than the grain size of said semifinished confectionary product, and outputting ground sugar from said first centrifugal unit; mixing said ground sugar with at least one second ingredient inside said processing chamber of said second centrifugal unit by rotating said shaft of said second centrifugal unit inside said chamber of said second centrifugal unit to move said ground sugar and said at least one second ingredient inside said chamber of said second centrifugal unit along at least one straight, horizontal, simultaneous grinding and mixing path, and to simultaneously grind and mix the ground sugar and the at least one second ingredient to form a mixture of the same grain size as the grain size of said semifinished confectionary product; taking said mixture out of said chamber of said second centrifugal unit through an outlet of said processing chamber of said second centrifugal unit, wherein said step of simultaneous grinding and mixing includes spinning the whole of said ground sugar and of said at least one second ingredient onto lateral walls of said processing chamber of said second centrifugal unit to form a layer of a predetermined thickness thereon; a difference in speed between said layer on said lateral walls and said radial appendices of said second centrifugal unit producing relative movement, and therefore thorough mixing and grinding; and inputting said mixture into the third centrifugal unit.