Patent ID: 6416314
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A22C,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved patty forming apparatus, comprisinga mold plate having a mold cavity through a thickness thereof said mold plate being free of mold obstructions along a length of said cavity; a food product delivery channel arranged on one side of the mold plate and having a fill opening into said cavity; a breather plate overlying said mold plate, said breather plate having a plurality of first breather holes therethrough located remote from said fill opening, a plurality of second breather holes located close to said fill opening, spaced from said plurality of first breather holes, a region of said breather plate between said first and second pluralities extending about one third the length of the cavity or greater, said region being substantially free of breather holes, said first and second breather holes for expressing air during the filling of the cavity with food product.