Apparatus for producing candyfloss

Claim 1

In apparatus for producing the sugary confectionery called ''''candyfloss'''' and consisting of filaments of sugar attached to and wound around a small stick such apparatus comprising a framed housing; a circular trough mounted interiorly of this framed housing with its axis vertical; a rotary hollow drum located coaxially in said trough with its axis vertical; means mounting said drum for rotation about said vertical axis; heating means operative to maintain the interior of said drum at an elevated temperature; a feed opening in the upper wall of said drum; outlet orifice means for the sugar filaments and formed in the lateral peripheral wall of said drum; sugar container means disposed in said housing; a dispensing tube communicating said sugar container means with said feed opening of the rotary drum; a sugar dispenser interposed between said sugar container means and the dispensing tube; a control unit operatively associated with said sugar dispenser; a drive motor disposed coaxially of the rotary drum and beneath the trough; an output shaft of said drive motor passing through said trough and attached to the rotary drum; further control units effective to control said drive motor and heating means said further control units including timer means; and pre-payment control means connected to the control unit of the sugar dispenser and to said further control units; the improvement comprising means for adjusting the volume of sugar dispensed by said sugar dispenser; means mounting said trough for rotation about its axis; drive means capable of imparting to said trough an angular speed lower than that of said rotary drum; a reservoir for containing sticks onto which in use of the apparatus candyfloss will be wound; means for dispensing sticks individually from said reservoir; and a control unit for said dispensing means operatively associated with said prepayment control means.