Method of forming frozen confection packages

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING FROZEN CONFECTION PACKAGES COMPRISING PROVIDING SPACED STRIPS OF SEALABLE MOISTURERESISTANT WRAPPING MATERIAL, INTERPOSING MANDRELS AT SPACED INTERVALS BETWEEN THE STRIPS, FORMING OPEN TOP POCKETS BETWEEN THE STRIPS BY MOVING OPEN TOP MOLD HALF-SECTIONS LATERALLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH OPPOSITE OUTER FACES OF THE STRIPS AND AROUND THE MANDRELS TO DRAW THE MATERIAL AROUND THE MANDRELS AND BRING OPPOSED INNER FACES INTO ADHERING CONTACT BETWEEN THE MANDRELS, MOVING THE MOLD HALF-SECTIONS IN A DIRECTION LONGITUDINALLY OF THE STRIPS WHILE THE MANDRELS ARE INTERPOSED THEREBETWEEN TO ADVANCE THE STRIPS AND MANDRELS TO SUCCESSIVE STATIONS, WITHDRAWING THE MANDRELS FROM BETWEEN THE STRIPS AT ONE STATION WHILE RETAINING THE STRIPS BETWEEN THE MOLD HALF-SECTIONS, PARTIALLY FILLING THE POCKETS BETWEEN THE STRIPS WITH SEMISOLID CONFECTION WHILE RETAINING THE POCKETS BETWEEN THE MOLD HALF-SECTIONS, BRINGING THE STRIPS INTO ADHERING CON-