Patent ID: 7021922

Claim:
An apparatus for portioning flowable material, the apparatus comprising: means for receiving the flowable material; means for urging the flowable material received in the means for receiving the flowable material toward a fill member positioned underneath said means for receiving, said fill member providing a fill hole; a mold for receiving the flowable material from the means for urging the flowable material, the mold having a first mold cavity and a second mold cavity for portioning the flowable material; a first removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the first mold cavity; a second removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the second mold cavity; and means for reciprocatively positioning the mold at one of a first fill position and a second fill position along a path, wherein if the mold is in the first fill position, the fill hole is disposed at the first mold cavity and the second removal means is disposed at about the second mold cavity, and if the mold is in the second fill position, the fill hole is disposed at the second mold cavity and the first removal means is disposed at about the first mold cavity.