Claims
- 1. An apparatus for producing a laminated sheet product having thin layers of a semifluid first material interleaved with thin layers of a semifluid second material, which apparatus comprises:
- longitudinally extending conveyor means;
- means for continuously forming a sheet of said first material on said conveyor means;
- means for continuously depositing said second material on said sheet to form a layered sheet of said first and second materials;
- first means for continuously rolling said sheet from the edges thereof inwardly to form a first double roll extending longitudinally along said conveyor means;
- first means for flattening said first double roll into a sheet product;
- second means for continuously rolling the sheet product from the edges thereof inwardly to form a second double roll; and
- second means for flattening the second double roll into the laminated sheet product.
- 2. The apparatus recited in claim 1 wherein said means for depositing comprises means for forming a plurality of grooves in said sheet of said first material angularly across at least part of said sheet and means for spreading said second material into said grooves.
- 3. The apparatus recited in claim 2 wherein said means for forming a plurality of grooves comprises means for forming a first group of angularly extending grooves from a first edge of said sheet and means for forming a second group of angularly extending grooves from a second edge of said sheet to form a herring-bone pattern.
- 4. The apparatus recited in claim 3 wherein said means for forming a plurality of grooves comprises grooved roller means.
- 5. The apparatus recited in claim 1 wherein said means for depositing comprises means for depositing at least one stream of said second material onto said sheet.
- 6. The apparatus recited in claim 5 further comprising means for folding said sheet over at least part of itself to cover said stream of second material with said first material.
- 7. The apparatus recited in claim 1 wherein said second material is softer than said first material.
- 8. The apparatus recited in claim 7 wherein said first material is a water based material and said second material is an oil based material.
- 9. The apparatus cited in claim 8 wherein said first material is a candy and said second material is a paste of oil bearing vegetable material.
- 10. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising means for dividing said laminated sheet product into longitudinally extending strips.
- 11. The apparatus recited in claim 10 wherein said means for dividing said laminated sheet product into longitudinally extending strips comprises means for providing longitudinally extending grooves in said sheet products and means for cutting said sheet product along said longitudinally extending grooves to form said strips.
- 12. The apparatus recited in claim 10, further comprising means for transversely dividing said strips into product pieces.
- 13. The apparatus recited in claim 1 wherein said means for continuously rolling said sheet from the edges thereof comprises longitudinally grooved roller means disposed angularly across at least part of said conveyor means.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 001,692, filed Jan. 9, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,778,685, issued Oct. 18, 1988, which is, in turn, a division of application Ser. No. 611,671, filed May 18, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,679,496, issued July 14, 1987.
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