Die assembly for decorating pastries and desserts

Claim 1

Apparatus for simultaneously coating and decorating with an aerated product of semifluid consistency the upper face and the lateral faces of an article of confectionery said apparatus comprising a base having a downwardly-facing lower surface an array of upper decorating nozzles fixed to the base and extending downwardly from the lower surface thereof, each such upper decorating nozzle having a serrated outlet opening at its lower end, a plurality of lateral decorating nozzles fixed to the base and extending downwardly from the lower surface thereof at regular intervals along the periphery of said array of upper decorating nozzles, said lateral decorating nozzles extending downwardly beyond said upper decorating nozzles so that said lateral and upper nozzles cooperatively define a space bounded on its sides by said lateral decorating nozzles and on its top by said upper decorating nozzles, each of said lateral decorating nozzles having a lateral outlet opening directed inwards towards said space so that the openings of said upper and lateral decorating nozzles will confront the upper and lateral faces of an article disposed within said space said apparatus also comprising a support for the articles to be coated, means for moving said support and said base vertically relative to one another to advance an article into space and withdraw it therefrom and means for feeding said aerated product through said upper and lateral decorating nozzles simultaneously while an article to be decorated is disposed in said space to thereby simultaneously coat the upper and lateral faces of such article.