Machine for the production of formed patties with a hand made appearance, and method for interleaving paper and stacking

摘要

A cut-off device is used for providing a deposit of known portion weight of the ground meat or paste. This deposit is dropped accurately onto a conveyor belt for transport to a press wheel the height of which, from the conveyor, can be adjusted to provide a finished product of correct thickness. The press wheel has a system of vacuum ducts around the circumference in four chambers that pull paper from a de-nesting tray situated at the top of the press wheel, at the correct interval as to meet up with the deposit at the base of the wheel. This results in the deposit being pressed to the required thickness onto the conveyor, with the interleave paper attached to the top of the now formed patty.

主权项

1. An apparatus for producing patties from a food product, said apparatus comprising:
a conveyor configured to move along a first direction from a feed location to an output location; a cut-off device configured to provide portioned deposits onto the conveyor, wherein the deposits each includes a food product; a container configured to hold a plurality of sheets of paper; a press wheel, mounted over the conveyor and spaced at a predetermined distance from the conveyor, wherein the press wheel is rotatable and configured to press one of the plurality of deposits to form a plurality of patties of the food product on the conveyor, the patties having a thickness based on the predetermined distance, wherein the press wheel is further configured to receive a sheet of paper from the container and to provide the sheet of paper onto one of the plurality patties; and a sensor system configured to synchronize an operation of the cut-off device and the press wheel such that as the press wheel rotates to form a plurality of patties on the conveyor one sheet of paper is provided to each of the plurality of patties while the sensor system continues to trigger the cut-off device, wherein the press wheel is configured to press one of the plurality of deposits and provide the sheet of paper onto one of the plurality of patties simultaneously.