Device and method for making balls of a kneadable material.

摘要

The invention relates to a device and a method for making balls of a kneadable material. The device comprises a tube-shaped mould piece (1) having a first (7) and a second open end (8) and a longitudinal slit (6). A supply duct (2) debouches sidewards into this mould piece (1). The device comprises further a scoop member (4) which is situated on the fee extremity of an elastic swing arm (3) and which is provided for flinging away through the second open end (8) the kneadable material which is continuously fed into the mould piece (1) . This scoop member (4) scrapes hereto preferably along an inner wall of the mould piece (1) so that the elastic swing arm (3) is tensed and is abruptly released when leaving the mould piece (1). <IMAGE>