US 12,349,698 B2
System and method of forming multilayer confectionery
Bharat Jani, East Brunswick, NJ (US); and Vesselin D. Miladinov, Denville, NJ (US)
Assigned to INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US)
Filed by INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLC, East Hanover, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,339.
Application 18/125,339 is a division of application No. 17/136,802, filed on Dec. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,930,830.
Application 17/136,802 is a division of application No. 14/004,343, granted, now 10,973,238, previously published as PCT/US2012/028232, filed on Mar. 8, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/451,805, filed on Mar. 11, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248016 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A23G 4/20 (2006.01); A23G 3/20 (2006.01); A23G 3/54 (2006.01); A23G 4/02 (2006.01); A23G 4/04 (2006.01)
CPC A23G 4/20 (2013.01) [A23G 3/2023 (2013.01); A23G 3/54 (2013.01); A23G 4/02 (2013.01); A23G 4/04 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A method of forming a multilayer confectionery comprising:
providing a first forming station having a first pair of forming drums;
providing a second forming station having a second pair of forming drums, the second forming station being arranged downstream from and in series with the first forming station;
providing at least one mixing station upstream from at least one of said first forming station and said second forming station;
mixing confectionery ingredients within said at least one mixing station to output a confectionery structure;
feeding said confectionery structure to at least one of said first forming station and second forming station;
forming a first confectionery into a first confectionery sheet having a generally uniform thickness using the first set of forming drums;
forming a second confectionery into a second confectionery sheet having a generally uniform thickness using the second set of forming drums;
controlling a viscosity of at least one of the first and second confectioneries during said forming of first confectionery or second confectionery using the first or second set of forming drums; and
laminating the first confectionery sheet and the second confectionery sheet to form a multilayer confectionery sheet.