Food patty molding machine with multi-orifice fill passage and stripper plate
US4372008A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 8, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C7/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A food patty molding machine of the kind in which a food pump pumps a moldable food product through a fill passage into the mold cavities of a cyclically operable mold plate, with a multi-orifice plate interposed in the outlet end of the fill passage to distribute the food product throughout substantially the entire surface area of each mold cavity during filling. The fill orifices are aligned in parallel rows with equal center-to-center spacing between orifices; a stripper plate is slidably mounted immediately adjacent the orifice plate and has a multiplicity of fill openings aligned one- for-one with the fill orifices as extensions of those orifices. A stripper plate drive, synchronized with the mold plate drive, slides the stripper plate through a distance equal to the center-to-center spacing of the orifices once in each mold plate cycle to sever and re-position food fibers caught on the upstream side of the stripper plate so that those fibers are fed into the mold cavity in the next machine cycle.
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