Food pellet former
US3991440A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 25, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 25, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C7/0038
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A filling spout supplies a food slurry under pressure to one portion of a rotating drum having molding cavities through its periphery to fill the cavities. An ejector inside the drum applies hot fluid under pressure to the inner ends of the pellets in the cavities to eject them from the drum. The drum is mounted on a bearing rotatable on and slidable along a hollow arbor serving as a conduit for the hot fluid, and the drum is slidable between an operating position adjacent the spout and the ejector, and a cleaning position completely removed from the spout and the ejector.
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