US2689798A - Method of making and packing ice-cream sundaes - Google Patents

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Sept. 21, 1954 ND 2,689,798v

METHOD F MAKING AND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Filed larch 28, 1952 Q 2 Sheeis-Shet 1 ,u a/ y v INVENTOR. XIRGIL V, BOND A'T TORNEY Sept.21,l954 v.v.BoND 2,689,798

, METHOD O MAKING AND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Filed March 2s,' 19s2 I v -2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY VIRGIL v. BQND v BY Patented Sept. 21, 1954 METHOD OF MAKING AND PACKING ICE-CREAM SUNDAES Virgil V. Bond, Seattle, Wash, assignor to Portion Pack, c, Seattle, Wash, a co po t on of- Washington Application March 28, 1952, SerialNo. 279,198

1 Claim. -1

This invention relates to making and packaging frozen confection andis particularly adapted to the making and packaging of ice cream sundaes.

My method of making and packaging ice cream sundaes is first to assemble containers within a rack. This rack is then placedunder an ice cream filling device from where the ice cream is transferred into the containers. frame is placed over the rack and containers having paddles thereon, each paddle entering a container, then by simply moving the frame sidewise a pocket or depression is formed in the ice cream.

The rack is then placed under a filling device from where fruit, topping, or other desired food stuif is dispensed into the above mentioned pockets or depressions. Next a perforated sheet of parchment is placed over the filled cups or containers.

The trays are then transferred to a sharp room. This freezes the sundaes, also freezes the parchment paper on the top of the containers. A grid is brought down over the top of the parchment, separating the same on the perforated lines, providing individual sheets of parchment for covering the top of the individualcontainers. The sundaes are then ready for wrapping packages of multiples, usually-six.

In order to do this, the sundaes arestacked in a tube which folds the corners of the parchment back over the containers. Wrappers are then wrapped around the tube. One end of the wrapper is folded over the end of the tube and the sundaes, after which the tube is removed from the wrapper, leaving the sundaes in the wrapper, at which time the opposite end of the wrapper is folded over and sealed. The sundaes are then ready for mechandising.

The wrappers are perforated corresponding to the individual sundaes. When they are merchane dised or used; the package can be brokenonany desired perforated line, removing the number of sundaes from the main package that it isldesired to sell or use.

A better understanding will hehad of my new and improved method of making and packaging ice cream sundaes by referring to the drawings, specification and claim.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a conventional rack for holding cupsor containers while processing my method of making and packaging ice cream sundaes.

Figure 2 is a side view of the rack with containers therein associated with a filling device,

Next a special 7 Figure 3 is an endsectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a frame having paddles formed thereon, for creating holes or de pressions in the ice cream contained within the containers.

Figure 5 illustrates how the frame and paddles are applied to the containers Within the rack for forming the holes or depressions within the ice cream.

Figure 6 illustrates the depression or hole having been formed.

Figure? illustrates how a filler is applied to the holes within the ice cream, filling the same with fruits or other fillers.

Figure 8 illustrates how a sheet of parchment is placed over the filled containers.

Figure 9 is a perspective view of a grid used to separate the parchment paper into separate covers over each of the containers.

Figure 10 illustrates, by broken lines, the position of the grid before being pushed down over the parchment paper.

Figure 11 shows the parchment paper acting as a cover over each individual sundae.

Figure 12 is a tubular container showing how the sundaes are placed therein before wrapping.

Figure 13 illustrates the container shown in Fi ure 12 hav a w apper wrapp d thereabout and folded over one of its ends.

F ur 1a illustrat s how th fin h d c toni separated ona broken line, dividing th sundaes into the desired-size or package in merchandising or using.

Referring more specifically t0 the drawings:

My new and improved method of mak n an packaging ice cream sundaes starts out with a cup holding tray I, illustrated in perspective in Figure '1. This tray consists of a gridwerk IA mounted .upona base 2 by the-uprights 3. Cone tainers 4 are dropped into this grid, their upper rims 5 resting :on the crosswires B and I.

In ord r to fill th i e cream. nt th .wntai ers or cups. the rack is placed on the base 8; of the filling machine as best illustrated in Figures 2 and 3. A tray 9 for holding ice cream is supported on the pedestals [0, which pass through bearings ll of the base 8 and rest on the levers l2, which are pivotally mounted at I3 Within the base.

A U-shaped bracket [4 is fixedly secured at IE to the upper ends of the pedestals l0 and supports the ice cream tray 9. A cam It forms part of the cross shaft I1 and bears down on the ends 18 of 3 the levers I2. The position of the cam I6 is determined by the position of the hand lever I9. When the lever is in the position shown in Figures 2 and 3, the tray is in raised position so that the rack can be placed under the tray 9 or removed therefrom.

Whenthe racks and cups are in place, the lever 59 is raised, permitting the pedestals Ill to lower, including the tray 9. A series of openings 20 register with the containers 4. These openings are turned down as indicated at 2 I, fitting tightly within the tops of the containers 5 preventing ice cream leaking by. The ice cream is dumped into the tray 9 and a hand paddle is passed over the same, forcing the ice cream into the containers 4, after which the lever I9 is operated, raising the tray and permitting the re moval of the filled containers.

Next a frame 22, having paddles 23 forming part thereof, is registered over the tops of the containers 4 within the tray I and moved sidewise, after the paddles have been punched down into the ice cream as indicated by the direction of the arrow in Figure 5. This makes a hole or depression 24 within the ice cream 25 contained within the containers 4, referring to Figure 6.

Next the tray I and the containers 4 are brought under the dispensing nozzles 26 of the filling or dispensing machine 21. This machine is of well known structure and is well adapted to place the fruits or other fillers within the holes or depressions 24 formed in the containers 4. After this operation has taken place a piece of parchment or paper 28 is placed over the tray I and the containers 4. This paper has perforations 29 formed therein embracing each of the containers, the object of which will be more fully described later.

The trays are then placed in a sharp room, which cools the sundaes to the desired temperature, at the same time freezing the parchment paper to the top surface of the ice cream and filler, causing the same to adhere thereto. After the trays are removed from the sharp room, the following operation takes place.

Referring to Figure 10, the tray I is placed over a platform or base 30, which raises the rims 5 of the cups. 4 above the gridwork IA when the tray I is set down over the said base. The grid 3!, Figure 9, is then placed over the containers and the parchment paper, starting at the broken line indication in Figure 10, and forced down over the tops of the containers, breakingthe paper 28 along the perforated lines. The containers and the parchment paper, as individual units,

would appear as shown in Figure 11.

Referring to Figure 12, I illustrate a rigid tube 32 having a shoulder 33 fixedly secured therein and adapted to support the containers 4. The containers 4 are dropped in upside down as shown. This folds the corners 34 of the paper covers over within the tube.

Next the tube 32 is wrapped by a wrapping cover or label 35 as shown in Figure 13, the label being folded over the end 36 of the tube as indicated at 31. The opposite end 38 of the tube 32 extends beyond the edge 39 of the wrapper 35 as indicated in Figure 13. This extension of the tube permits the operator to grasp the tube in one hand, pulling the same out of the wrapper 35 leaving the containers 4 within the wrapper, after which the operator folds the end of the wrapper over, the end of the package corresponding to the opposite end as above described, sealing the same.

In the wrapping of the tube and the sealing of the ends, any well known method of gluing is employed.

The wrapper 35 is perforated as indicated at 40 so that after the package has been wrapped and ready to sell or use the wrapper may be broken on any of the lines 40, separating the sundaes being contained within the wrapper 35. This feature has been found most desirable in the merchandising and use of my new and improved method of making and packaging my ice cream sundaes.

What I claim is:

The method of packaging a series of cups of ice cream comprising filling the cups with ice cream and forming depressions in the ice cream and inserting a different kind of food product in the depressions, providing a thin covering sheet with a plurality of perforated lines dividing the sheet into a plurality of covers, placing said thin covering over the series of filled cups with. said covers respectively overlying said cups and said perforated lines between said cups to be severed to form individual covers, subjecting the series of covered cups and their contents to freezing temperature to solidify the contents and cause the covers to adhere to said contents, thereafter severing the covering sheet along said perforated lines into individual covers for the cups and forcing the severed edges over the sides of the cups, inverting the covered cups with their frozen contents and inserting them in a closed container to impress the individual edges of the covers in contact with the outer surfaces of the cups, encasing the container with a protecting sheet material having therearound spaced perforated lines capable of being torn between cups,

withdrawing the container from between the protecting sheet material casing and the cups, and then sealing the ends of the protecting sheet material casing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,502,864 Milligan July 29, 1924 1,608,159 Bergmann Nov. 23, 1926 1,987,084 Snodgrass Jan. 8, 1935 2,083,617 Salfishberg June 15, 1937 2,111,498 Thomas et al Mar. 15, 1938 2,167,353 Frediani July 25, 1939 2,486,194 Moser Oct. 25, 1949 2,494,484 Nicolle Jan. 10, 1950 2,525,651 Clunan Oct. 10, 1950 2,555,585 Fairbank June 5, 1951 2,598,137 Schulz et a1 May 27, 1952

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