Patent ID: 6935855
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: A23K,A23N,A23P

Abstract:
1. Extrusion apparatus suited for water-containing products which heat-expand by internal boiling of water by pressure relief after passing through extrusion nozzles, comprising a) an extruder, which at an outlet end thereof comprises a nozzle plate having extrusion nozzles through which a product stream is extruded, b) a pressure-controlling chamber capable of controlling the pressure on the outlet side of the nozzle plate to which the product stream is subjected, and c) a sluice unit downstream of the pressure controlling chamber through which the product passes, characterized by an interconnection by which the pressure-controlling chamber and sluice unit are releasably interconnected and by a movement mechanism by which at least the sluice unit is mounted movably in and out of the product stream.