Claims
- 1. A method for producing a laminated product having thin layers of a semifluid first material interleaved with thin layers of a semifluid second material comprising the steps of continuously and automatically forming a sheet of said first material on a longitudinally extending conveyor means, folding said sheet from an edge thereof over at least part of itself to form a rope having a width substantially less than the width of the sheet, transferring said rope from a first conveyor means to a second slower moving conveyor means to cause said rope to move in alternate first and second directions transverse to said second conveyor means, rolling said rope into a sheet, continuously depositing said second material upon said sheet formed from the rope to form a layered sheet of said first and second materials, continuously rolling said layered sheet from the edges thereof inwardly to form a double roll extending longitudinally along said second conveyor means and flattening said roll into said laminated product.
- 2. The method recited in claim 1 wherein said rope is folded over so as to provide even cooling of the surfaces of said rope.
- 3. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of transversely guiding the rope in said alternate first and second directions.
- 4. The method recited in claim 3, further comprising the step of flattening said rope after said step of transferring.
- 5. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said step of depositing comprises the step of forming a plurality of grooves in said sheet of said first material angularly across at least part of said sheet and spreading said second material into said grooves.
- 6. The method recited in claim 5, wherein said step of forming a plurality of grooves comprises forming a first group of angularly extending grooves from a first edge of said sheet and forming a second group of angularly extending grooves from a second edge of said sheet to form a herring-bone pattern.
- 7. The method recited in claim 1, wherein said step of depositing comprises depositing at least one stream of said second material onto said sheet.
- 8. The method recited in claim 7, further comprising the step of folding said sheet over at least part of itself to cover said stream of second material with said first material.
- 9. The method recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of twisting said double roll.
- 10. A method for producing a laminated product having thin layers of a semifluid first material interleaved with thin layers of a semifluid second material comprising the steps of continuously and automatically forming a sheet of said first material on a longitudinally extending conveyor means, moving said sheet at a first rate on a first surface, transferring said sheet to a second surface and moving said sheet on said second surface at a slower second rate whereby said sheet alternatively folds over at least part of itself in first and second longitudinal directions, continuously depositing said second material upon said sheet to form a layered sheet of said first and second materials, continuously rolling said layered sheet from the edges thereof inwardly to form a double roll extending longitudinally along said conveyor means, and flattening said roll into said laminated product.
- 11. The method recited in claim 10, further comprising the step of guiding said sheet when it is transferred from said first surface to said second surface in said alternate first and second longitudinal directions.
- 12. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising the step of guiding said sheet on said second surface in a direction parallel to the longitudinal direction of said sheet.
- 13. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising the steps of rolling said laminated product from the edges thereof inwardly a second time to form a second double roll and flattening said second double roll.
- 14. A method for producing a laminated product having thin layers of a semifluid first material interleaved with thin layers of a semifluid second material comprising the steps of continuously and automatically forming a sheet of said first material on a longitudinally extending conveyor means, continuously depositing said second material upon said sheet to form a layered sheet of said first and second materials, continuously rolling said layered sheet from the edges thereof inwardly to form a double roll extending longitudinally along said conveyor means and flattening said roll into said laminated product and wherein said second material is softer than said first material and said first material is a water based material and said second material is an oil based material.
- 15. The method recited in claim 14 wherein said first material is a candy and said second material is a paste of oil bearing vegetable material.
- 16. A method for producing a laminated product having thin layers of a semifluid first material interleaved with thin layers of a semifluid second material comprising the steps of continuously and automatically forming a sheet of said first material on a longitudinally extending conveyor means, continuously depositing said second material upon said sheet to form a layered sheet of said first and second materials, continuously rolling said layered sheet from the edges thereof inwardly to form a double roll extending longitudinally along said conveyor means, flattening said roll into said laminated product and thereafter rolling said laminated product from the edges thereof inwardly a second time to form a second double roll and flattening said second double roll.
- 17. The method recited in claim 16, further comprising the steps of dividing said laminated product into longitudinally extending strips.
- 18. The method recited in claim 17, wherein said step of dividing said laminated product into longitudinally extending strips comprises the steps of providing longitudinally extending grooves in said laminated product and cutting said sheet product along said longitudinally extending grooves to form said strips.
- 19. The method recited in claim 18, further comprising the step of transversely dividing said strips into product pieces and allowing said product pieces to harden.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 611,671 filed May 18, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,679,496.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Divisions (1)
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