Patent ID: 7819650

Claim:
A system for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials, which are suitable for consumption, said system comprising: a production device, said production device including: a frame; a mould member provided with at least one mould cavity, the frame supporting the mould member and the mould member being removable from the frame; a drive device for rotating the mould member; a mass feeding device that feeds the mass to the at least one mould cavity of the mould member, the system further comprising a separate mould member cleaning device disposed apart from the production device for cleaning the mould member, wherein the mold member cleaning device is provided with a support that rotatably supports the mould member to be cleaned and a drive device configured to rotatably clean the mould member, and a housing to form a closed chamber in which cleaning of the mould member can take place and wherein the mould member cleaning device further includes a distributor adapted to bear against the head-end face of the mould member for feeding cleaning liquid to the mould member to force at least one cleaning liquid into the at least one mold cavity, the system further comprising a conveyor that conveys the mould member without the frame between the production device and the mould member cleaning device, the conveyor comprising a mould member gripper and a lifting device that moves the gripper up and down.