Patent ID: 9253990
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A21B,A22C

Claim Text:
1. A machine for applying food products to a substrate, comprising: a frame having a length; a hopper mounted on the frame for receiving food products therein, the hopper having a vertical axis; a driver plate mounted for reciprocal vertical motion on the frame adjacent the hopper, the driver plate having a vertical axis; and a die plate having a first portion with a plurality of apertures therein and a second, solid portion with no apertures therein, the die plate being mounted for reciprocal horizontal motion on the frame between a first position, wherein the solid portion intersects the hopper vertical axis and is underneath the hopper and in contact therewith to seal the hopper while the first portion of the die plate is underneath the driver plate and intersects the driver plate vertical axis, and a second position, wherein at least some of the apertures are underneath the hopper and intersect the hopper vertical axis and all of the apertures have passed underneath the hopper for receiving food products therefrom, the die plate having a length, the length of the frame being at least about 1.6 times the length of the die plate.