A PATTY-FORMING APPARATUS WITH RECIPROCATING MOLD PLATE AND ROTARY PUMP

Title:

A PATTY-FORMING APPARATUS WITH RECIPROCATING MOLD PLATE AND ROTARY PUMP

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/012585

Kind Code:

A3

Abstract:

The food product: machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.

Inventors:

LINDEE SCOTT A (US)
TAYLOR PAUL (US)
MOORE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WIGHT E WILLIAM (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2011/044758

Publication Date:

April 05, 2012

Filing Date:

July 20, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

FORMAX INC (US)
LINDEE SCOTT A (US)
TAYLOR PAUL (US)
MOORE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WIGHT E WILLIAM (US)

International Classes:

A22C7/00

Foreign References:

US20080181997A1	2008-07-31
US20080069707A1	2008-03-20

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