Apparatus for preparing cotton candy with vertical feed
View Patent ↗The proposed apparatus relates to equipment for producing confectionery products and can be used at public catering and commercial enterprises for preparing candy floss. It includes a housing, a base with an electric motor having a shaft, a spinning head, a shell having a cover and propeller, and a diffusor secured on the base and having vertically bent vanes on its internal surface. The propeller is attached to the spinning head mounted on the shaft. The apparatus is equipped with rubberized supports for an extractor arranged on the housing. The diffusor has air intake openings in its lower part. The shell is made in the form of a ring having longitudinal slots. A spiral tubular heating element abuts the inside of the ring. The slots may repeat the shape of coils of the heating element. The proposed design makes it possible to considerably increase productivity of the apparatus.
1. An apparatus for preparing candy floss comprising a housing, a base with an electric motor having a shaft, a spinning head, a shell with a cover, a propeller and a diffusor having a number of vanes bent in a vertical plane and arranged on an internal surface thereof, wherein the spinning head with the shell and the cover are mounted on the shaft, the propeller is fastened to the spinning head, and the diffusor is secured on the base.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an extractor mounted on the housing; and said extractor has rubberized supports.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a number of air intake openings are arranged in a lower part of the diffusor.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a width of the air intake openings is 5-6 mm.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the propeller has between 2 to 12 blades.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the propeller has an extra ring.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said shell further includes a heating element, a power control unit, a first electric circuit and a second electric circuit parallel to the first electric circuit; wherein the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit are capable of switching therebetween by a motor switch set either in an ON position or in an OFF position; wherein (a) the first electric circuit, including the electric motor and the power control unit, operates when the motor switch is set in the ON position and the electric motor rotates, and (b) the second electric circuit including a fast start push button, bypassing the electric motor and the power control unit, operates when the motor switch is set in the OFF position and the electric motor does not rotate, thereby providing heating of the heating element.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shell, the propeller and the diffusor are made in a conical shape.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shell is made as a ring with longitudinal slots, and the heating element is made in a spiral tubular shape, abutting the inside of the ring.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the ring is 1-2 mm.
11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the ring is made of stainless steel.
12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the heating element is made of stainless steel.
13. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the ring further includes a number of slots, and the shape of the slots repeats the shape of the heating element.