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The patent application for a "Candy cane forming machine" was filed on May 13, 1957 by Fr. Gregory H. Keller, a Roman Catholic priest who aside from his parish ministry helped his brother-in-law with his candy company. The patent was originally assigned to Robert E. McCormack. [1] Robert McCormack was the founder of Bobs Candies.
A striped candy cane being made by hand from a large mass of red and white sugar syrup. As with other forms of stick candy, the earliest canes were manufactured by hand. Chicago confectioners the Bunte Brothers filed one of the earliest patents for candy cane making machines in the early 1920s. [13]
History. Bobs Candies was founded as the Famous Candy Company in Albany, Georgia, by investor Robert E. McCormack in 1919. [ 1 ] He changed its name to Bobs' Candy Company in 1924 and later dropped the apostrophe. It is the largest manufacturer of striped candy in the world. McCormack was the first manufacturer to wrap his candy in cellophane.
The demonstration in making candy canes has two shows left in 2023. They take place 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 15 and Saturday, Dec. 16. Famous customers.
In 1950, Keller invented a machine that twisted soft candy into the spiral striping that defined the look of candy canes and then cutting the canes in precise lengths. Fr. Keller patented his invention, the Keller Machine. [62] Fr. Keller and his machine gained national fame in the 1960s when he was a contestant on the popular TV show What's My ...
List of. How It's Made. episodes. How It's Made is a documentary television series that premiered on January 6, 2001, on the Discovery Channel in Canada and Science in the United States. The program is produced in the Canadian province of Quebec by Productions MAJ, Inc. and Productions MAJ 2. In the United Kingdom, it is broadcast on Discovery ...
Obed Hussey. Obed Hussey (1792–1860) was an American inventor. His most notable invention was a reaping machine, patented in 1833, that was a rival of a similar machine, patented in 1834, produced by Cyrus McCormick. Hussey also invented a steam plow, a machine for grinding out hooks and eyes, a mill for grinding corn and cobs, a husking ...
Candy making or candymaking is the preparation and cookery of candies and sugar confections. Candy making includes the preparation of many various candies, such as hard candies , jelly beans , gumdrops , taffy , liquorice , cotton candy , chocolates and chocolate truffles , dragées , fudge , caramel candy , and toffee .