Patent ID: 7175417
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: A21C,A22C,A23P,A47J

Abstract:
1. A food patty-forming apparatus for forming food patties from pressurized food product, comprising: a frame; a first surface carried by said frame; a second surface carried by said frame, said second surface spaced from and facing said first surface; a source of pressurized food product; a mold plate guided to reciprocate longitudinally between said first and second surfaces between a fill position and a discharge position, said mold plate having at least one cavity that is open to said source of pressurized food product through said second surface when in said fill position and that is outside said first and second surfaces when in said discharge position, and a mold pattern arranged on one first face of said cavity, said mold pattern comprising open areas and solid areas, said solid areas defining a cross shape and said open areas comprise four open areas; and a mechanism operatively connected to said mold plate to reciprocate said mold plate between said fill position and said discharge position.