Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PORTIONING FLOWABLE MATERIALS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005013731
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a portioning apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a hopper (10) and augers (12) to push flowable material (5) to a rotor (20). Retractable vanes (28) on the rotor push the flowable material toward a fill slot (32) as the rotor rotates. Below the fill slot, there is a mold plate (40) with front and back mold cavities (42F, 42B). In a front fill position, the mold plate is positioned so the front mold cavities are filled with flowable material from the fill slot while flowable material in the back mold cavities are pushed out by knockouts (50). In a back fill position, the flowable material in the front mold cavities are pushed out by front knockouts while the back mold cavities are filled with flowable material from the fill slot. The mold plate reciprocatively oscillates between the front fill position and the back fill position for high output of portioned material.
Inventors:
AZZAR JAMES DOUGLAS (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/018930
Publication Date:
November 10, 2005
Filing Date:
July 14, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AZZAR JAMES DOUGLAS (US)
International Classes:
A22C7/00; A23P1/10; G01F11/16; G01F11/30; G01F13/00; (IPC1-7): B29C45/40
Foreign References:
| US4118831A | 1978-10-10 | |||
| US4768941A | 1988-09-06 | |||
| US6416314B1 | 2002-07-09 | |||
| US6604935B2 | 2003-08-12 | |||
| US6713111B1 | 2004-03-30 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1648682A4
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