Patent ID: 9623382
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A22C,A23L,A23P,A23V,A47J,B01F

Claim:
1. A method for creating a food patty comprising: placing a moldable food product using a food pump through a fill passage to a mold cavity when a mold plate is in a fill position; said mold plate having at least one mold cavity therein, along a given path, in a repetitive cycle, between said fill position and a discharge position; a fill plate interposed in a fill passage adjacent to said mold plate; said fill plate having a multiplicity of fill orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area aligned with said mold cavity when said fill plate is in its fill position; said fill orifices defining paths through said fill plates; wherein said fill orifices comprise a sphere intersecting a cylinder to create a venturi effect within said fill orifices on said moldable food product as said moldable food product passes through said fill orifices, accelerating said moldable food product and creating a pressure drop in said fill orifice.