CN114886002A

CN114886002A - Mold forming type candy preparation machine and application thereof

Info

Publication number: CN114886002A
Application number: CN202210323143.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈龙; 陈灵宝
Original assignee: Zhejiang Baogang Sugar Steak Equipment Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Baogang Sugar Steak Equipment Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-03-30
Filing date: 2022-03-30
Publication date: 2022-08-12
Anticipated expiration: 2042-03-30
Also published as: CN114886002B

Abstract

The invention discloses a mold forming type candy preparation machine and application thereof, belongs to the field of candy preparation machinery, and solves the problems that the existing candy preparation machine is complex in structure and is not suitable for continuous preparation of relatively thin sugar materials. The structure comprises a rack, wherein a feeding device and a stripping device are separately arranged on the rack, at least two driving structures are arranged on the rack, the driving structures are separately arranged, and a closed-loop conveying line is sleeved on the driving structures. The conveying line is provided with a plurality of cavities which penetrate through along the thickness direction of the conveying line, and the stripping device is used for promoting the sugar blocks to be stripped from the cavities. The conveyor line is internally provided with a supporting belt which is sleeved on the two driving rollers and is abutted against the lower opening part of the cavity at the straight line part on the conveyor line, and the supporting belt and the conveyor line move at the same direction and the same speed under the driving of the driving rollers. The candy preparation machine can be used for preparing hawthorn candy and wild jujube paste candy.

Description

Mold forming type candy preparation machine and application thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to a candy preparation machine, in particular to a mold forming type candy preparation machine and application thereof in candy preparation.

Background

The existing method for preparing the formed sugar block from the sugar material needs to adopt multiple processes. Firstly, sticky candy materials which are formed into lumps are sent into a material pressing machine, the candy materials are pressed into continuous sheets by two pressing rollers in the material pressing machine, the sheet candy materials are longitudinally formed into a plurality of strip-shaped bodies by a strip cutting machine, the strip-shaped bodies are conveyed towards the outer side by a conveying belt, then the candy strips are cut into blocks by a candy block cutting machine in a transverse cutting mode, and the block-shaped bodies are solidified to form the candy blocks. The sugar block forming process is relatively complex, the number of involved preparation machines is relatively large, and a large factory building and large investment are required. The sugar block forming machine has a relatively complex structure and is inconvenient for stripping the formed sugar blocks.

Particularly for the preparation of some fructose, the sugar materials used by the fructose are relatively thin and have high fluidity, and the preparation of a mould is not easy to realize. Typically, the sugar mass is first statically cured into a block and then finally shaped by sawing or cutting. In the process, the processing is relatively troublesome, and a large amount of fine scraps are easily generated to cause waste.

Chinese patent document (publication number: CN 210782787U) discloses a sugar block stripping driving device, belongs to the technical field of sugar manufacturing machinery, and solves the problem that the stripping is inconvenient after the sugar block is molded on the existing sugar manufacturing machinery, and adopts the following technical measures: a sugar block stripping driving device is arranged on the back side of a mold and comprises a connecting body, wherein a power mechanism is arranged on the connecting body, and a plurality of through mold cavities are arranged on the mold.

The main structure of the sugar making machine related to the sugar block stripping driving device is a cylindrical die, the sugar is processed in a rotating mode in the working process, the structure is relatively complex, and the sugar block stripping driving device is not suitable for processing and preparing relatively thin sugar.

Disclosure of Invention

The technical problems to be solved by the invention are as follows: the mould forming type candy preparation machine is provided, can be well suitable for preparing and forming candy blocks for relatively thin candy materials, and is relatively simple in structure.

The invention also provides an application of the mould forming type candy preparation machine.

In order to solve the technical problem, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a mould forming type candy preparation machine comprises a rack, wherein a feeding device and a stripping device are separately arranged on the rack, at least two driving structures are arranged on the rack, the driving structures are separately arranged, a closed-loop conveying line is sleeved on the driving structures, and the driving structures enable the conveying line to form an upper straight line part and a lower straight line part which are linearly arranged; the stripping device acts on the lower straight part of the conveying line and is used for promoting the sugar blocks to be stripped from the cavity.

A closed-loop supporting belt is arranged in the conveying line, the supporting belt is sleeved on at least two driving rollers and abuts against a lower opening part of a cavity at the upper straight line part of the conveying line, one end of the supporting belt crosses over the position of the feeding device towards the direction of the upstream end of the upper straight line part, and the other end of the supporting belt is close to the downstream end of the upper straight line part; under the drive of the driving roller, the supporting belt and the conveying line move at the same direction and the same speed.

The external sugar can be guided into the feeding device, the feeding device feeds the sugar into the cavity, so that the cavity is filled with the sugar, the conveying line slowly moves forwards, the sugar is solidified in the cavity and conveyed to the discharging position, and the sugar is discharged under the action of the discharging device. The conveying line can move continuously and slowly or in a stepping mode, namely, when one stepping unit is moved, the conveying line stops for a while so that the corresponding operating mechanism works, then the next stepping unit is moved, and the time required by the stepping unit can be determined according to the structure and the working mode of each mechanism and the specific actual condition of the sugar materials. The whole conveying line is arranged horizontally, and the corresponding upper straight line part and the corresponding lower straight line part are also arranged in the horizontal direction. The conveying line can be formed by integrating or connecting end parts of soft plastic belts, and the conveying line has certain thickness; a plurality of molds may be arranged side by side as described below. The supporting belt is made of plastic belts, canvas belts or rubber belts, and is required to abut against the lower opening part of the cavity so as to prevent sugar materials entering the cavity from leaking.

Further, the conveying line comprises a plurality of plate-shaped dies which are arranged side by side to form a closed loop structure, the die cavities are arranged in groups, one group of die cavities are arranged on one die, and the positions of the die cavities on the dies correspond to each other. The conveying line is formed by arranging a plurality of plate-shaped dies in parallel, so that the arrangement of a cavity on the conveying line is facilitated, the structural firmness of the cavity is favorably ensured, the working requirements of the feeding device and the stripping device can be well met, and the matching between the stripping device and the cavity is facilitated. Can utilize the tray to collect the sugar piece of taking off at the downside of taking off the material device, the sugar piece on a mould is collected to a tray, and after taking off the material device work, directly transport the outside of candy preparation machine to the tray, and send into the oven and dry the solidification to the sugar piece, the operating efficiency is high.

Furthermore, the driving mechanism comprises two rotating shafts which are rotatably arranged on the rack, two chain wheels are circumferentially and fixedly sleeved on the two rotating shafts, the two chains are respectively overlapped on the two chain wheels at the same side, and the mold is bridged on the two chains. The mould is bridged on the two chains, so that the mould is convenient to connect and fix on one hand, and the mould can adapt to the advancing of the conveying line on the other hand.

Furthermore, the chain is formed by hinging a plurality of chain links through connecting pieces which are arranged in pairs, wherein a bending part is formed on the connecting piece on the inner side of the pair of connecting pieces, and the bending part is attached and fixed on the back surface of the die. The chain structure can well meet the fixing requirements of the die, and the die is conveniently connected and fixed on the chain.

Furthermore, the feeding device comprises a material box, a discharge hole is formed in the bottom surface of the material box, a fixing frame is arranged on the material box, a scraping plate is movably arranged on the fixing frame, and the scraping plate is used for pushing and scraping sugar materials in the material box towards the discharge hole. Through the setting of scraping the flitch, and be convenient for push away the sugar material toward discharge gate department and scrape, the sugar material of being convenient for flows to the direction that needs in the workbin, is favorable to the sugar material to be full of the die cavity.

Furthermore, the fixed frame is arranged on the guide structure in a sliding mode, the guide structure limits the fixed frame to move in the horizontal direction, two ends of the driving belt are connected to the fixed frame, and the driving belt is overlapped on the driving wheel; the fixed frame is provided with a lifting mechanism, the scraping plate is connected to the lifting mechanism, and the scraping plate moves in the vertical direction under the driving of the lifting mechanism. The scraping plate has vertical movement and horizontal movement in the working process, and the two movements are combined, so that the movement of the scraping plate can be well adapted to the pushing and scraping of the sugar materials, and the sugar materials can conveniently enter the cavity. Particularly, the scraping plate moves in the horizontal direction, so that after the scraping plate descends, the lower end of the scraping plate can penetrate through the discharge hole in the bottom surface of the material box and push and scrape the upper opening part of the cavity back and forth under the action of the driving belt, and sugar can enter the cavity fully and densely.

Furthermore, a connecting rod is horizontally arranged on the scraping plate, the lifting mechanism comprises a power shaft, two ends of the power shaft are respectively provided with an eccentric structure, and the eccentric structures are in transmission connection with the end part of the connecting rod through a pull rod. The lifting mechanism is simple in structure, convenient to set and high in working reliability.

Furthermore, the stripping device comprises a frame, the conveying line and the supporting belt penetrate through the frame, the lower end of the frame extends into the interval between the supporting belt and the lower linear part of the conveying line, a plurality of pushing blocks are arranged on the lower end face of the frame, and the arrangement positions of the pushing blocks correspond to the positions of the cavities on the conveying line; the frame is suspended on the lifting mechanism, and driven by the lifting mechanism, the frame moves in the vertical direction, so that the material pushing block is in insertion fit with or separated from the corresponding cavity. The material removing device is of a mechanical structure, and has high efficiency on the action of the sugar blocks in the cavity. The frame can adapt to the setting of transfer chain and support area well, is convenient for take off the material to the sugar piece in the ejection of compact position department of transfer chain.

Furthermore, a straight rod is horizontally arranged at the upper end of the frame, the lifting mechanism comprises a horizontally arranged transmission shaft, two ends of the transmission shaft are respectively provided with an eccentric structure, and the eccentric structures are in transmission connection with the end part of the straight rod through a hanging rod. The lifting mechanism is simple in structure and convenient to set, and can well meet the motion requirements of the frame.

Furthermore, the conveying line and the supporting belt are in a stepping movement mode, after the conveying line and the supporting belt move by one stepping unit, the driving mechanism and the driving roller stop working, so that the conveying line and the supporting belt are in a static state, and the lifting mechanism is started to promote the material pushing block to be in inserting fit with and separated from the cavity; after the material pushing block is separated from the cavity, the driving mechanism and the driving roller start to work, so that the conveying line and the supporting belt move to the next stepping unit, and the lifting mechanism stops working at the moment. The sugar making machine adopts the working mode, a follow-up mechanism is not required to be arranged between the stripping device and the rack, so that the stripping device is adaptive to the movement of the conveying line during working, and the structure of the sugar making machine can be effectively simplified. The conveying line and the carrier belt adopt a stepping working mode, so that the moving speed of the conveying line can be reduced, the curing requirement of sugar materials in the cavity is met, the setting length of the conveying line can be shortened, and the overall size of the sugar making machine is reduced.

This mould shaping formula candy preparation machine is owing to set up movable transfer chain, and the transfer chain is the level setting to can provide the assurance from structural for the solidification of sugar material in the die cavity, consequently especially adapted is applied to the preparation of hawthorn sugar or sour jujube mashed sugar.

Therefore, the invention has the following beneficial effects: be provided with a closed loop formula's transfer chain in this candy preparation machine, the transfer chain can be made relatively longer, through making transfer chain work on suitable speed to can guarantee that the sugar material enters into the die cavity after, can obtain effectual solidification, thereby the sugar material shaping of being convenient for is the sugar piece, and this kind of transfer chain can adapt to the solidification of sugar material well, the shaping of the sugar piece of being convenient for. The die cavity on the transfer chain penetrates in the thickness direction of the transfer chain, so that the feeding inside the die cavity is facilitated, and the stripping of the formed sugar block is facilitated. The setting of relatively longer transfer chain also makes things convenient for set up material feeding unit on the transfer chain and take off the material device to be convenient for satisfy candy preparation machine's automation requirement, this candy preparation machine's degree of automation is high. Through setting up the support area, can adapt to penetrating die cavity setting on the transfer line. Through making the carrier strip and transfer chain equidistance syntropy motion, the carrier strip can seal the lower oral area of die cavity well, can not take place relative motion between carrier strip and the transfer chain basically, and both wearing and tearing in the course of the work are little, and the setting of carrier strip is little to the outward appearance influence on sugar piece surface.

Drawings

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present mold-fonned confectionery manufacturing machine.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the conveyor line with several molds removed from the conveyor line for clarity.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mold.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a pair of coupling pieces.

FIG. 5 is a structural view of the relative position of the stripper and the mold.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the feeding device.

In the figure, 1, a frame; 2. a conveying line; 21. an upper straight portion; 22. a lower straight portion; 3. a stripping device; 30. a clamping block; 31. a drive shaft; 32. a fixing plate; 33. a frame-shaped frame; 34. a material pushing block; 35. a straight rod; 36. a boom; 4. a feeding device; 40. a material box; 401. a discharge port; 41. a drive belt; 42. a drive wheel; 43. a power shaft; 44. a fixed mount; 45. a guide rail; 46. a slide base; 47. a pull rod; 48. a coupling rod; 49. a scraping plate; 5. carrying a belt; 6. a drive roller; 7. a chain; 8. a sprocket; 9. a mold; 91. a cavity; 10. a coupling piece; 101. a bending part; 11. and rotating the shaft.

Detailed Description

The mould forming type candy preparation machine utilizes the sugar to prepare the formed candy by combining the attached drawing, and can be suitable for processing relatively thin sugar with certain fluidity, such as the processing and the preparation of hawthorn sugar or wild jujube paste sugar.

The structure of the candy preparation machine comprises a frame 1, wherein the frame 1 is of a frame structure and has a certain length, and the frame 1 plays a main supporting role in the candy preparation machine. Two rotating shafts 11 are rotatably arranged on the frame 1, the two rotating shafts 11 are arranged in parallel in a spaced manner, and the two rotating shafts 11 are arranged at two ends of the frame 1 in the length direction. A closed loop conveyor line 2 is sleeved on the two rotating shafts 11, and the conveyor line 2 is generally in a tight state. The feed line 2 fitted over the two rotary shafts 11 is formed with two straight portions, i.e., an upper straight portion 21 located on the upper side and a lower straight portion 22 located on the lower side, which are in the horizontal direction.

A plurality of cavities 91 are arranged in the line 2, which cavities 91 penetrate in the thickness direction of the line 2. A closed-loop supporting belt 5 is arranged in the conveying line 2, the supporting belt 5 is sleeved on at least two driving rollers 6, and the supporting belt 5 abuts against the lower opening part of the cavity 91 at the linear part 21 of the conveying line 2 so as to seal the lower opening part. The feeding device 4 is provided on the upstream end side of the linear portion 21 on the transfer line 2 in the moving direction of the transfer line 2, and is used for feeding into the cavity 91 on the transfer line 2; the stripping means 3 act on the lower rectilinear portion 22 of the conveyor line 2 and are intended to promote the stripping of the sugar mass from the moulding cavity 91. The length of the part of the carrier strip 5 abutting against the conveyor line 2 is close to the length of the linear part 21 on the conveyor line 2, one end of the carrier strip 5 goes beyond the position of the feeding device 4 towards the upstream end of the linear part 21, and the other end of the carrier strip 5 is close to the downstream end of the linear part 21.

In order to ensure that the upper side part of the supporting belt 5 is tightly attached to the back surface of the upper linear part 21 of the conveying line 2, a supporting sheet can be arranged on the rack 1, the supporting sheet can be bridged on the rack 1 in a whole piece, the conveying line 2 and the supporting belt 5 are sleeved on the periphery of the supporting sheet, the supporting belt 5 is supported on the supporting sheet and used for sliding on the supporting sheet, and most of the upper linear part 21 of the conveying line 2 is supported by the supporting sheet. The supporting sheets can also be two sheets, which are arranged on two opposite sides of the machine frame 1 and extend into the back side of the supporting belt 5 from two side edges of the supporting belt 5, so as to realize sliding support of the supporting belt 5.

One of the two rotating shafts 11 is a driving shaft 11, and the other rotating shaft 11 is a driven shaft, and the rotating shafts 11 rotate to enable the conveying line 2 to move circularly under the driving of the motor. One driving roller 6 of the two driving rollers 6 is driving, the other driving roller 6 is driven, and the driving rollers 6 rotate to enable the carrier strip 5 to move at the same direction and the same speed as the conveying line 2 under the driving of the same motor or the other motor which is the same as the rotating shaft 11.

The line 2 is formed by arranging a plurality of dies 9 in parallel, and the dies 9 are plate-shaped. The die cavities 91 on the conveying line 2 are arranged in groups, one group of die cavities 91 are arranged on one die 9, the positions of the die cavities 91 arranged on the dies 9 are the same, and the die cavities 91 penetrate through the die 9 in the thickness direction. Two chain wheels 8 are fixedly sleeved on the two rotating shafts 11 in the circumferential direction, the two chains 7 are respectively overlapped on the two chain wheels 8 at the same side, and two ends of the die 9 in the length direction are respectively fixed on the two chains 7 in a bridging manner. The chain 7 is formed by hinging a plurality of chain links through connecting pieces 10 which are arranged in pairs, wherein a bending part 101 is formed on the connecting piece 10 at the inner side of the pair of connecting pieces 10, and the bending part 101 is attached and fixed on the back surface of the die 9 through the fixation of a connecting bolt. The chain 7 may also be replaced by a belt, the mould 9 being bridged over two belts, which are fitted around the rotating shafts 11, which requires the belts to be under tension between the shafts 11.

The feeding device 4 comprises a feed box 40, the feed box 40 is fixed on the rack 1, the bottom surface of the feed box 40 is close to the surface of the linear part 21 on the conveying line 2, and a discharge hole 401 is arranged on the bottom surface of the feed box 40 and used for allowing sugar to enter the cavity 91. The bin 40 is provided with a fixing frame 44, the fixing frame 44 is plate-shaped, and the fixing frame 44 is fixed on the frame 1 in an elevated manner. A scraping plate 49 is movably arranged at the lower side of the fixed frame 44, the scraping plate 49 extends into the feed box 40, and the scraping plate 49 is used for pushing and scraping the sugar in the feed box 40 to the discharge port 401. A guide rail 45 is horizontally arranged on the frame 1, a slide carriage 46 is slidably sleeved on the guide rail 45, and the fixed frame 44 is fixedly connected to the slide carriage 46. The two ends of the driving belt 41 are connected to the fixing frame 44, the driving belt 41 is lapped on the driving wheel 42, the driving wheel 42 is in transmission connection with a motor arranged on the frame 1, and the fixing frame 44 can move in the horizontal direction under the driving of the motor. A lifting mechanism is further arranged on the fixed frame 44, the scraping plate 49 is connected to the lifting mechanism, and the scraping plate 49 moves in the vertical direction under the driving of the lifting mechanism. The scraping plate 49 is horizontally provided with a connecting rod 48, the lifting mechanism comprises a power shaft 43, two ends of the power shaft 43 are respectively provided with an eccentric structure, and the eccentric structures are in transmission connection with the end part of the connecting rod 48 through a pull rod 47. The eccentric structure comprises a clamping block 30 clamped at the end part of the power shaft 43, and a pivot is clamped at the outer side of the clamping block 30 and is rotatably inserted into the upper end part of the pull rod 47.

The lower end of the scraper 49 is lowered from the discharge port 401 of the magazine 40 onto the surface of the upper linear portion 21 of the conveyor line 2 by the lifting mechanism. The scraping plate 49 is operated under the control of the driving belt 41 and the lifting mechanism, and when the scraping plate 49 descends from the upper dead point, the fixing frame 44 also translates on the guide rail 45, so that the scraping plate 49 generates actions similar to scraping actions in the bin 40 to push the sugar in the bin 40 towards the discharge port 401. When the lower end of the scraper 49 contacts the surface of the linear portion 21 of the conveyor line 2, the scraper 49 is still translated by the driving belt 41, so that the sugar material is tightly filled in the cavity 91.

The stripping device 3 may be a vacuum suction device disposed at the discharging position of the conveying line 2, and the sugar block in the cavity 91 is stripped by vacuum suction. The stripping device 3 is shown to comprise a frame 33, and the frame 33 is a quadrangular frame structure. A fixing plate 32 is elevated on the frame 1, a frame 33 is connected to the lower side of the fixing plate 32, and the frame 33 extends into the frame 1. The conveyor line 2 and the carrier strip 5 pass through the frame 33, and the lower end of the frame 33 extends into the space between the carrier strip 5 and the lower linear part 22 of the conveyor line 2. The lower end face of the frame 33 is provided with a plurality of pushing blocks 34, and the pushing blocks 34 are usually integrally made of rubber. The material pushing blocks 34 are adapted to the arrangement positions of a group of cavities 91 on any one of the dies 9, the material pushing blocks 34 are used for being matched with the cavities 91 on the dies 9 in an inserted manner, one material pushing block 34 is used for being inserted into one cavity 91, and the sugar block in the corresponding cavity 91 is pushed downwards. The frame 33 is suspended on the lifting mechanism, a sliding rail mechanism is arranged between the frame 33 and the frame 1, the lifting mechanism is connected to the fixing plate 32, and the frame 33 moves in the vertical direction under the guidance of the sliding rail mechanism under the driving of the lifting mechanism, so that the material pushing block 34 is in inserting fit with or separated from the corresponding cavity 91.

In fig. 5, a straight rod 35 is horizontally disposed at the upper end of the frame 33, the lifting mechanism includes a transmission shaft 31 horizontally disposed, two ends of the transmission shaft 31 are also respectively provided with a clamping block 30, the outer side of the clamping block 30 is also clamped with a pivot, the pivot is rotatably inserted into the upper end of a suspender 36, and the lower end of the suspender 36 is rotatably sleeved on the end of the straight rod 35.

In order to ensure the position accuracy of the mold 9, the material pushing block 34 is in accurate splicing fit with the cavity 91 of the mold 9. The frame 1 is provided with a position sensor, the same positions of all the molds 9 are provided with extended trigger bodies, when the position sensor and the trigger bodies are completely overlapped, the conveying line 2 stops moving, and the lifting mechanism works, so that the material pushing block 34 is accurately matched with the cavity 91 in an inserting manner. After the line 2 has stopped for a certain time, the line 2 moves a further step unit for the stripping of the next mould 9. The position sensor may be a photoelectric sensor or a magnetic sensor.

In order to adapt to the material removal of the sugar blocks, a conveying belt is further arranged in the rack 1 along the horizontal direction and is positioned right below the conveying line 2. A plurality of trays have been placed corresponding to mould 9 on transfer chain 2, and after taking off material device 3 work, during the sugared piece of preparing in a mould 9 fell into a tray, the conveyer belt sent the tray toward frame 1 outside according to the work rhythm of transfer chain 2, and the operative employee sent the tray that has the sugared piece into the oven, and further solidification shaping sugar piece stoving moisture.

When the candy preparation machine works, the conveying line 2 and the supporting belt 5 move in a stepping mode, namely the conveying line 2 and the supporting belt 5 use a stepping unit as a basic movement unit, and the distance of the stepping unit corresponds to the width of one mold 9. After the transport line 2 and the carrier strip 5 have moved one step unit, the drive mechanism and the drive roller 6 are stopped, so that the transport line 2 and the carrier strip 5 are stationary. The lifting mechanism is actuated to urge the plunger 34 into and out of mating engagement with the cavity 91. After the pusher block 34 is disengaged from the cavity 91, the driving mechanism and the driving roller 6 are activated to drive the conveyor line 2 and the carrier strip 5 to move in the next step unit, and the lifting mechanism is stopped. The feeding device 4 can work continuously, but the working speed is relatively slow, and the feeding device 4 can work in a stepping mode to match the movement mode of the conveying line 2 and the supporting belt 5.

Claims

1. A mould forming type candy preparation machine comprises a rack, wherein a feeding device and a stripping device are separately arranged on the rack, at least two driving structures are arranged on the rack, the driving structures are separately arranged, a closed-loop conveying line is sleeved on the driving structures, and the driving structures enable the conveying line to form an upper straight line part and a lower straight line part which are linearly arranged; the material stripping device acts on the lower straight line part of the conveying line and is used for promoting the sugar blocks to be stripped from the cavities;

2. The machine of claim 1, wherein the conveyor line comprises a plurality of plate-like molds arranged side by side to form a closed loop, the cavities being arranged in groups, one group being arranged on a mold, the cavities corresponding in position to each mold.

3. The mold-fonned confectionery preparation machine of claim 2 wherein said drive mechanism includes two rotatable shafts rotatably mounted on the frame, two sprockets circumferentially fixedly received on each of the two rotatable shafts, two chains respectively overlapping the two sprockets on the same side, and said molds bridging the two chains.

4. The mold-formed confectionery preparation machine of claim 3 wherein the chain is formed by articulating a plurality of links through pairs of links, the inner link of the pair of links having a bend formed thereon, the bend being attached to the back of the mold.

5. The mold-forming confectionery preparation machine of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the feeding device comprises a bin, a discharge port is provided on a bottom surface of the bin, a fixed frame is provided on the bin, a scraper is movably provided on the fixed frame for pushing the confectionery in the bin toward the discharge port.

6. The mold-formed confectionery preparation machine of claim 5 wherein the mounting bracket is slidably disposed on a guide structure, the guide structure defining a horizontal movement of the mounting bracket, the drive belt being attached at its ends to the mounting bracket, the drive belt riding on the drive wheel; the fixed frame is provided with a lifting mechanism, the scraping plate is connected to the lifting mechanism, and the scraping plate moves in the vertical direction under the driving of the lifting mechanism.

7. The mold-forming candy making machine of claim 6, wherein the scraper plate is horizontally provided with a connecting rod, the lifting mechanism comprises a power shaft, the two ends of the power shaft are respectively provided with an eccentric structure, and the eccentric structures are in transmission connection with the end parts of the connecting rod through pull rods.

8. The mold-forming candy making machine of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the stripping device comprises a frame, the conveyor line and the carrier strip pass through the frame, the lower end of the frame extends into the space between the carrier strip and the lower straight portion of the conveyor line, a plurality of pushers are arranged on the lower end face of the frame, and the pushers are arranged at positions corresponding to the positions of the cavities on the conveyor line; the frame is suspended on the lifting mechanism, and driven by the lifting mechanism, the frame moves in the vertical direction, so that the material pushing block is in insertion fit with or separated from the corresponding cavity.

9. The machine of claim 8, wherein a rod is horizontally disposed at an upper end of the frame, the lifting mechanism comprises a horizontally disposed transmission shaft, and an eccentric structure is disposed at each end of the transmission shaft and is drivingly connected to an end of the rod through a suspension rod.

10. The mold-forming confectionery preparation machine of claim 8 wherein the conveyor line and carrier strip are moved in a stepwise manner, the drive mechanism and drive roller are deactivated to bring the conveyor line and carrier strip to a stationary condition after the conveyor line and carrier strip have moved through a stepwise unit, and the lifting mechanism is activated to urge the plunger into and out of engagement with the cavity; after the material pushing block is separated from the cavity, the driving mechanism and the driving roller start to work, so that the conveying line and the supporting belt move to the next stepping unit, and the lifting mechanism stops working at the moment.

11. Use of a mould formed confectionery preparation machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10 in the preparation of a hawthorn or date slush.