Patent ID: 6261620
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: A23G,A23L

Abstract:
A food product molding apparatus comprising:a chilled roller;a plurality of molds attached radially to the surface of the chilled roller;a depositor for sequentially depositing a solidifiable food substance into one or more of the molds when the molds are in a substantially horizontal position to provide one or more molds filled with a food substance having an exterior surface;a conveyor belt arranged to contact the exterior surface of the food substance in the molds sufficiently soon after the solidifiable food substance is deposited into the molds to prevent the exterior surface of the food substance from being distorted as the molds move away from the horizontal position; andmeans for separating the food substance from the molds, wherein the temperature of the chilled roller is sufficiently low to at least partially solidify the solidifiable food substance before it is separated from the mold.