ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,467, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to THE HERSHEY COMPANY (Hershey, Pa.).
"Methods for conveying confection molds" was invented by Terence M. Bollinger (Harrisburg, Pa.), Steven A. Weis (Harrisburg, Pa.) and Gerald Thomsen (Palmyra, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of confection mold conveying are provided. An example method includes translating, in a first direction, a first pusher bar having spaced apart first pusher fingers oriented to engage confection mold trays while the first pusher bar is translated in the first direction. The method includes translating, in a second direction opposite the first direction, the first...