US 12,232,509 B2
Method for manufacturing chewing gum with scoring
Margarita Tecanhuey Gutierrez, Puebla (MX); Arturo Perez, Puebla (MX); Fernando Alvarez Peredo, Puebla (MX); and Marcos Adolfo Perez Castillo, Puebla (MX)
Assigned to PERFETTI VAN MELLE BENELUX BV, HK Breda (NL)
Appl. No. 17/275,533
Filed by PERFETTI VAN MELLE BENELUX BV, HK Breda (NL)
PCT Filed Oct. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/054535
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 11, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/076613, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,853, filed on Oct. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0030904 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A23G 3/02 (2006.01); A23G 3/34 (2006.01); A23G 4/04 (2006.01); A23G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 3/0247 (2013.01) [A23G 3/0027 (2013.01); A23G 4/04 (2013.01); A23G 7/0018 (2013.01); A23G 7/0068 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for separating a comestible structure into a plurality of comestible structures, the method comprising:
providing at least one comestible structure including at least one score line to a clamping device, said clamping device including a first clamping assembly and a second clamping assembly, said first clamping assembly and said second clamping assembling being disposed on opposing sides of said at least one score line;
clamping a portion of said at least one comestible structure in said second clamping assembly of said clamping device at a second side of said at least one score line;
separating said portion clamped in said second clamping assembly from a remainder of said at least one comestible structure at said at least one score line via said second clamping assembly of said clamping device; and
clamping another portion of the at least one comestible structure via said first clamping assembly of said clamping device at a first side of said at least one score line, wherein said another portion clamped in said first clamping assembly is part of said remainder of said at least one comestible structure.