Method and machine for making food patties
US5030164A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C7/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A meat patty molding machine having a base plate with an opening therethrough and a fill plate rotatably mounted in the base plate opening. A meat feeder forces meat up through openings in the fill plate. A mold plate defines a disk-shaped mold cavity and is mounted to move laterally between a fill position with its disk-shaped mold cavity in communication with the fill plate and a patty discharge position with the disk-shaped mold cavity away from the fill plate. A drive means rotates the fill plate relative to the mold plate, and the fill plate is rotated relative to a stationary cutting blade which is biased against the fill plate by substantial pressure to cut meat fibers at the upstream surface of the fill plate during filling.
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