PASTA STUFFING MACHINE AND METHOD

摘要

A pasta stuffing machine includes a conveyor (10) having mold cups (20) affixed thereto. The mold cups (20) are openable and closeable. A pasta shell (80) is inserted into each mold cup (20). The conveyor (10) moves the mold cups (20) and pasta shells (80) to a filling station (30) at which a pasta shell filling is inserted within the pasta shell (80) while the mold cup (20) is open. A folding station (40) causes the mold cup (20) to close to fold leaves (81, 82) of the pasta shell (80) on the top of one another and around the pasta shell filling. The mold cups (20) are opened downstream of the folding station (40) to allow the pasta shell (80) to exit the mold cup (20). A rolling station (50) rolls the pasta shell (80) and the pasta shell filling into a final shape.