Apparatus and process for coating edible receptacles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11812763
APP PUB NO 20210177003A1
SERIAL NO

17189045

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The present invention provides an apparatus for coating an edible receptacle the apparatus comprising a nozzle for applying a fat-based coating material to the internal surface of the edible receptacle and a gas-dosing element with an external surface shape corresponding to the internal shape of the edible receptacle wherein the gas dosing element has at least one aperture suitable for the introduction of cooled gas into the edible receptacle. The invention also provides a process for manufacturing a coated edible receptacle for a frozen confection comprising the steps of: providing an edible receptacle; at least partially coating the internal surface of the edible receptacle by spraying a fat-based coating onto the internal surface of the edible receptacle; and introducing a gas-dosing element into the edible receptacle, wherein the gas-dosing element has an external surface shape corresponding to the internal shape of the edible receptacle and wherein cooled gas is introduced into the edible receptacle through the gas-dosing element and wherein the gas dosing element does not come into contact with the fat-based coating.

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CONOPCO INC D/B/A UNILEVER700 SYLVAN AVENUE A4 ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS NJ 07632

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Bartkowska, Beata Bromham, GB 14 36
Briggs, Amy Lisa Kempston, GB 2 0
Willmott, Mark Rushden, GB 3 0

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