Patent ID: 7326379

Claim:
A method of producing a soap cake which comprises: moving one of a separate nozzle and a feed port of a mold to insert said nozzle into said feed port of said mold such that the nozzle moves in a first direction relative to the feed port during insertion of the nozzle; feeding molten soap to be metered from a molten soap source to the mold having a cavity of prescribed shape, a gate leading to said cavity, and a gate pin slidably provided in said gate, said feeding being through said nozzle, said feed port, and said gate, and pushing said gate pin through said gate while maintaining the feed of said molten soap into said cavity from the molten soap source to plug said gate thereby to stop said feeding and to press the molten soap remaining in said gate into said cavity, wherein the gate pin moves in a second direction, different from the first direction during said pushing.