Device for the manufacture and processing of biscuit mixture shapes

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is the object of the invention to disclose a device by means of which it is possible to manufacture shapes from a mixture containing whole fruit, nuts, almonds, etc.
, and/or a high percentage of sticky components, such as honey and fat, which does not suffer from the above disadvantages.
This object is achieved in that the device comprises a trough with a floor for the biscuit mixture, and includes at least one pick up device with a preferably cylindrical forming chamber that is open on one side, is formed by a forming wall, terminates in a rim, and is preferably provided with an axial bore that enters into the said forming chamber, said device further comprising a drive by means of which the forming chamber can be positioned in such a manner that in a first position the rim touches the floor and in a second position the rim is above the band conveyor or the baking sheet, said device also comprising a drive that is capable in a first position of rotating the pick up device axially to the forming chamber and relative to the floor, and an ejector that is slidable in the bore and is adjustable by means of a drive in such a manner that it is either in flush alignment with the forming wall with one leading end or enters into the forming chamber, and/or finally comprises a controllable supply of compressed air through the bore.
In addition to solving the main problem of producing biscuits from the abovedescribed mixtures by mechanical means, in other words, of producing formed biscuits, it is an advantageous further development of the invention to integrate this device into a fully automated production plant.
To this end, additional advantageous modifications of the baking sheets, the conveying equipment, the device for removing the biscuits and the overall control of the installation are described with reference to an exemplary embodiment and are claimed in the claims.