Patent ID: 9044029
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A22C,A23P,A23V

Abstract:
1. A mass-distributing device for supplying a mass of foodstuff starting materials suitable for consumption to one or more mould cavities of a cylindrical moulding member for moulding three-dimensional products from said mass, the mass-distributing device comprising: a housing including a side operable to be turned towards the moulding member, said side being provided with a curved flexible abutment element for abutting an arc section of the moulding member, in which a through-passage for said mass extends in the housing from an introduction opening in the housing to a discharge, wherein said discharge opens at the side of the housing which is operable to be turned towards the moulding member, and the discharge and the moulding member are operable to be moved relative to one another in a relative direction of movement, the flexible abutment element comprising a plurality of separate zones; and a pressure device configured to position the curved flexible abutment element under pressure against a face of the moulding member comprising one or more mould cavities, and wherein the pressure device comprises a plurality of individual elongated pressure elements configured to set contact pressures in the plurality of separate zones of the flexible abutment element, wherein the plurality of individual elongated pressure elements, each extending in a longitudinal direction of the flexible abutment element, are arranged circumferentially along the flexible abutment element, and wherein the pressure device further comprises a plurality of individual edge zone pressure elements provided along semicircular outer edges of the flexible abutment element, the plurality of individual edge zone pressure elements being configured to set a further contact pressure in one or more edge zones situated along longitudinal edges of the flexible abutment element independently of setting of the respective contact pressure in at least one of said separate zones of the flexible abutment element, each of the plurality of individual edge zone pressure elements extending in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the flexible abutment element.