Apparatus and method of continuously cutting and shaping food comprising opening and closing a shutter assembly

摘要

An apparatus for continuously cutting and shaping a spherical food product WA from bar-shaped food material consisting of a filling and a crust by continuously opening and closing a central opening 9 of a shutter assembly 7, while feeding the bar-shaped food material in a downward direction to the central opening is disclosed. The shutter assembly 7 comprises at least three shutter members 15 adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction. The apparatus has holding members each bridging and holding two adjacent shutter members and a shaft 45 is associated with each shutter member 15 and driving means 51 synchronously moves every shutter member 15 in the horizontal direction.