Patent ID: 8920154
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: A23P,B29C

Abstract:
1. A head assembly for use in a rotary head extruder for extruding a food product, the rotary head extruder including a feed screw mounted for rotation about an axis to direct raw food product to the head assembly for extrusion thereat, the head assembly comprising: an annular-shaped stator plate including a plurality of circumferentially spaced extrusion channels extending outwardly from a radially inner surface centered on the axis; and a rotating blade plate including at least six circumferentially spaced blades rotatable with the rotating blade plate and located to axially extend into an annular space underlying the extrusion channels and the radially inner surface of the stator plate, wherein the blades are configured to force the raw food product that has been delivered to the annular space by the feed screw radially outward into the extrusion channels.