Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to an apparatus for the sequential assembly of a sandwich-type comestible product, such as an ice cream sandwich, and comprises an essentially horizontal conveyor, sequentially placed wafer dispensing assemblies and an extrusion assembly for the dispensing of a regulated amount of a comestible material. Wafer dispensing is controlled by a screw drive. Extrusion is accomplished by a front-loadable rotary head extruder. The wafer dispensing assemblies and the extruder are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical wall, thereby facilitating the ease of repair, removal for retrofitting and cleaning. In addition, the extruder and the wafer dispensing assemblies are individually removable and may be replaced with like components of differing internal diameter, to accommodate the preparation of sandwich-type comestible products of differing size and shape.

Abstract: An ice cream sandwich collating apparatus comprising a substantially horizontal accumulator platform; conveying means for conveying the ice cream sandwiches along a first substantially horizontal axis onto the accumulator platform; detecting means for detecting when a predetermined number of the conveyed ice cream sandwiches have accumulated on the accumulator platform; an elevator assembly disposed adjacent the accumulator platform, the elevator assembly having a substantially horizontal elevator platform that is movable along a substantially vertical axis; mounting means disposed above the accumulator platform, the mounting means being movable along a second substantially horizontal axis between a beginning position and an ending position, the second horizontal axis being substantially transverse to the first horizontal axis; pushing means mounted to the mounting means so as to be freely pivotally movable between a vertical position and a horizontal position, the pushing means assuming the vertical position

Abstract: An apparatus for the preparation of comestible-containing sandwich products comprises a sandwich product assembly station and corresponding means for the fabrication and assembly of a sandwich product in the vertical direction. The apparatus includes an extruder nozzle, wafer trays and corresponding components for the location of wafers on opposite sides of the extruded product, an indexing wheel for receiving the assembled sandwich product, and conveying means for conveying to a wrapping station and from there to a discharge end, wherein all of the components of the machine are mounted in cantilevered fashion on a vertical support or base member. The sandwich product assembly station, the indexing wheel and the wrapping station may be disassembled and retrofitted with like components of different size to accommodate corresponding differences in the sandwich product being fabricated.