Patent ID: 6749421
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A22C,Y10S

Abstract:
An improved patty-forming apparatus, comprising:a mold plate having a mold cavity through a thickness thereof; a mold plate support structure carrying said mold plate and guiding said mold plate for reciprocating motion along a longitudinal direction, said structure including a wall facing said mold plate, said mold plate reciprocating along said wall; a food product delivery channel carried by said structure and arranged on one side of the mold plate, said delivery channel having a fill opening into said cavity when said mold plate is in a fill position with respect to said structure; and said wall including recess means, said cavity open to said recess means when said mold plate is in said fill position, said recess means for increasing a cross sectional food product flow area along the longitudinal direction for filling said cavity with food product from said delivery channel via said fill opening.