Patent ID: 6200125
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a decorative food, including a charging device for charging a plurality of kinds of fluid food materials into a mold, a hardening device for hardening said charged fluid food materials to obtain said decorative food, and a demolding device for taking off said hardened decorative food out of said mold:said charging device comprising a container section for separately accommodating said plurality of kinds of said fluid food materials on a material-by-material basis, and a nozzle section for feeding said plurality of kinds of said fluid food materials from said container section at a predetermined amount,said nozzle section including a nozzle mounting plate and a nozzle piece,said nozzle mounting plate having first passages formed therein for delivering said fluid food materials fed from said container section on a material-by-material basis, and upper holes formed in said first passages for feeding said fluid food materials to said nozzle piece placed below said plate on said material-by-material basis,said nozzle piece having second passages formed therein for separately moving and spreading said fluid food materials fed from said upper holes, in a horizontal direction on said material-by-material basis, and lower holes formed in said second passages, on said material-by-material basis, said lower holes being larger in number than said upper holes, whereby said fluid food materials are separately extruded into said mold placed below said nozzle piece,said nozzle mounting plate and said nozzle piece each having a food guide hole penetrating in a vertical direction for feeding a foodstuff in said fluid food materials.