| 摘要 |
A molding apparatus for forming articles and specifically patties from a moldable material and specifically ground meat, fish or the like in which a plurality of articles are formed simultaneously by providing a movable mold having a plurality of mold openings therein, a hopper for retaining a supply of the moldable material and a plurality of feeders in the bottom section of the hopper movable toward and away from a fractional number of the passages leading to the mold openings when the mold is in material receiving position and with force means for moving the feeders toward and away from the passage means for filling the mold openings. The invention also includes a partition dividing the bottom section of the hopper into a plurality of separate parts, a feeder in the bottom section for forcing material therefrom into a mold opening and an agitator in the plurality of separate bottom parts movable to dislodge material from the adjacent portions of the hopper for increasing efficiency in feeding the material from the hopper into the mold openings. The invention also includes a pair of rotatable movers in the hopper on opposite sides of the feeder with these mover devices being rotatable toward the feeder for dislodging the moldable material and urging it toward the feeder.
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