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Abstract

A device for shaping ice cream into shaped articles, comprising extruder members (2) to deliver an ice-cream blank (3), cutter members (10) to subdivide the blank into a plurality of slugs (13) and conveyor for transporting the slugs (13) while being carried by trays (9) to a molding device (1). The molding device (1), which shapes the slugs of ice cream on the trays, comprises operative members (22, 23) to supply compressed air and at least one forming unit (15). The forming unit (15) includes an air pervious contoured die (16), formed by a porous material with a substantially uniform thickness, drive elements (19) for moving the die (16) toward the slugs of ice cream to be shaped, and walls defining an internal chamber (18) supplied by compressed air by the operative members (22, 23) and in communication with the die (16), to realize a uniform distribution of compressed air and a thin gap of air between the total surface of the shaped article and the surface of the die (16) facing the shaped article.

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