摘要 |
A method and a device for packaging a confectionery product (P) in a shap ed wrapper of sheet material (1, 2) having a cup-shaped portion (1c, 2c) (pl eated cup) formed from the same sheet material as the product wrapper; the m ethod and the device comprise the use of a mandrel with petals (14a, 14b) wh ich cooperates with a forming cavity (11) and which may assume a retracted c onfiguration so that it can penetrate into the forming cavity to shape the w rapper into a cup shape adhering to the product. The packaging is characteri zed in that the wrapper has a central region (2a) on which the product bears and from which the cup extends with a transverse dimension (or diameter) sm aller than the maximum transverse dimension of the packaged product.
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