Patent ID: 8245885

Claim:
A semi-solid food product metering device comprising: two counter rotating feed rollers with ends; an at least one actuating device; two roller end plates at each end of the rollers, one being at a distal end of the rollers and the other at a proximal end of the rollers relative to the at least one actuating device; and an at least one support bar between and supporting the two end plates with a central rod in communication with the end plates, wherein the semi-solid food product metering device has an open position and an operating position where the at least one support bar is in communication with and supports the two roller end plates in position while in the operating position and operating the semi-solid food product metering device and allowing for lateral movement through the engagement of the actuating device which moves the central rod which in turn moves the end plates along the support bar away from the ends of the feed rollers to create and allow access to a gap between the feed roller ends and the roller end plates in the open position.