Patent ID: 9156197
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B26D,B29B,B29C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Method comprising: extruding a flowable material along an exit direction through a dispensing opening of an extruding device, separating a dose from said flowable material by using a rotating cutting arrangement that rotates along a path around a longitudinal axis that is oblique to said exit direction, wherein during said rotation a cutting edge of said cutting arrangement passes periodically in front of said dispensing opening to cut said dose, and transferring said dose to a rotating forming arrangement by using a rotating transferring arrangement that rotates around an axis that is different from said longitudinal axis and from a rotation axis around which said forming arrangement rotates, wherein during said separating said cutting edge passes between said extruding device and said transferring arrangement with a motion component that is parallel to said exit direction and a further motion component that is perpendicular to said exit direction, said motion component being directed in such a way that, whilst said dose is being cut, said cutting edge moves away from said dispensing opening, and wherein said cutting arrangement rotates along said path at a non-constant rotation speed so that a speed of said cutting edge whilst it is cutting said dose is greater than at least one speed of said cutting edge whilst it is not cutting said dose.