VENTURI EFFECT TECHNOLOGY ON A FOOD PRODUCT MOLDING MACHINE

摘要

An apparatus and method for creating a venturi effect in a food product molding machine. The venturi effect accelerates food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

主权项

1. A food product molding machine comprising:
a mold plate and at least one mold cavity therein; a mold plate drive connected to said mold plate a food pump for pumping a moldable food product through a fill passage connecting said food pump to said mold cavity when said mold plate is in fill position; a fill plate, interposed in said fill passage adjacent to said mold plate; a breather plate; a multiplicity of breather plate orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area; said orifices accelerating food product moved through said orifice while decreasing pressure on said food product.