Method of making a chewing candy

Claim 1

A METHOD OF PRODUCING A CHEWING CANDY, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SHAPING A HARD CANDY MASS INTO A RODSHAPED BODY WHILE THE SAME IS IN PLASTIC, DEFORMABLE CONDITION, INJECTING INTO THE CENTER PORTION OF SAID DEFORMABLE ROD-SHAPED BODY SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF A CHEWING GUM MASS BEING AT A RAISED TEMPERATURE NOT EXCEEDING 85*C. AND COMPRISING A MAJOR PROPORTION OF INVERT SYRUP AND MINOR PROPORTIONS OF CHICLE GUM BASE AND GLUCOSE SYRUP AND BEING DUE TO SAID MAJOR PROPORTION OF INVERT SYRUP THEREIN DURING INJECTION DESPITE SAID RELATIVELY LOW RAISED TEMPERATURE THEREOF IN A FLOWABLE STATE, SO AS TO FORM A COMPOSITE ROD-SHAPED SUBSTANTIALLY SHAPE RETAINING BUT DEFORMABLE BODY COMPRISING A CORE PORTION CONSISTING SUBSTANTIALLY OF SAID CHEWING GUM MASS AND A TUBULAR OUTER PORTION FORMED BY SAID HARD CANDY MASS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY SOFTENING SAID HARD CANDY MASS BY THE RAISED TEMPERATURE OF SAID INJECTED SEMI-LIQUID CHEWING GUM MASS; AND CONSTRICTING SAID COMPOSITE ROD-SHAPED BODY AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED POINTS THEREOF SO AS TO DRAW IN THE AREA OF CONSTRICTION HARD CANDY MASS OF SAID TUBULAR OUTER PORTION OVER SIDE FACES OF SAID CORE PORTION IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO SEPARATE SAID COMPOSITE ROD-SHAPED BODY INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL CHEWING CANDIES COMPRISING, RESPECTIVELY, A CORE PORTION OF CHEWING GUM MASS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY COVERED BY HARD CANDY MASS.