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Meat loaf forming apparatus

US4530132A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 11, 1982
Grant dateJul 23, 1985
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Expiry dateMar 11, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22C7/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A meat loaf forming apparatus and method in which ground meat is extruded through a shaping die of a desired cross-sectional shape onto a sheet of paper in contact with a rotating conveyor. A feeler operates a cut-off knife to sever the advancing meat and paper into preselected lengths, thereby forming successive loaves of meat.

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