Abstract: An apparatus and a method for the production of frozen confections wherein the frozen confections are produced from a supply of a generally semifrozen confection material of viscous consistency conveyed at a constant volume and at a constant rate through a novel filling system into a plurality of molds. The apparatus provides for the production of frozen confections from a supply of a generally semi-frozen, compressible material having a highly viscous consistency, wherein the material is rapidly and accurately metered into "bottom-up" molds which are indexed into position below a filling station, and in which filling nozzles are inserted into the molds so as to fill the latter with the material to the desired extent as the nozzles are raised upwardly out of the molds.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the automatic, rapid and continuous preparation of generally friable or fragile ready-to-eat food product bacon analog strips of predetermined configuration, simulating natural, cooked bacon, wherein a slab or bulk material of the food product is sliced by a cutting device into individual strips basically having the dimensions of sliced natural bacon strips, and conducted by means of a first endless conveyor arrangement from the cutting device towards a cooking installation. Ahead of the cooking installation, a second endless conveyor mounts a series of strip-engaging members adapted to sequentially contact the sliced strips and to conduct the strips from the first endless conveyor arrangement onto and along guide rod members which extend into and through the cooking installation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the automatic, rapid and continuous preparation of generally friable or fragile ready-to-eat food product bacon analog strips of predetermined configuration, simulating natural, cooked bacon, wherein a slab or bulk material of the food product is sliced by a cutting device into individual strips basically having the dimensions of sliced natural bacon strips, and conducted by means of a first endless conveyor arrangement from the cutting device towards a cooking installation. Ahead of the cooking installation, a second endless conveyor mounts a series of strip-engaging members adapted to sequentially contact the sliced strips and to conduct the strips from the first endless conveyor arrangement onto and along guide rod members which extend into and through the cooking installation.