Patent ID: 8701551
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A 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 the wall having an adjustable escape passage for adjustably relieving pressure within the mold cavity made adjustable by an adjusting element that defines the adjustable escape passage which can be positioned to vary the degree to which the escape passage is open, the adjustable escape passage has at least three selectable degrees of pressure relief depending on three positions of the adjusting element and the escape passage comprises at least one antilip hole and the adjusting element for opening or closing the at least one antilip hole to vary the degree of pressure relief.