Patty-Forming Apparatus with Top Feed and Rotary Pump

摘要

The food product machine with a food supply, a rotary food pump connected to the food supply, a molding mechanism having a mold plate and a knockout drive, and a mold plate reciprocating between a fill and a discharge position. The knockout drive reciprocates a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from the mold plate, the mold plate being reciprocated between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position. The machine includes a manifold connected an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway connected to an inlet of the molding mechanism for filling the cavity of the mold plate. The machine can further include a fill plunger system for increasing the fill pressure of the food mass prior to filling the mold cavities. Plungers extend into the manifold to displace food mass volume and increase the pressure in the manifold.

主权项

1. A food product forming machine, comprising:
a food supply; a rotary food pump connected to the food supply; a molding mechanism having a mold plate, the mold plate including a cavity and being reciprocated by a mold plate drive between a cavity fill position and a cavity discharge position; a knockout drive for reciprocating a knockout plunger to discharge molded food products from a cavity in the mold plate; a manifold connected to an outlet of the food pump and having an outlet passageway through which food mass is configured to pass toward the mold plate for filling the cavity of the mold plate; and at least one plunger configured to extend into the manifold to increase a pressure of the food mass in the manifold.