METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE FORMATION OF A SHAPED FOOD PRODUCT

摘要

A globular food product formed of a piece of solid state food material S and a wrapping of a food material P having a clay-like consistency is produced by passing the material P from a hopper 13 to a cavity 23 using a screw-type extruder 11. The material P forms an even layer over a gate 3 having an openable mouth. Pieces of the material S are metered from a hopper 4 to a vertical cylinder 22 via a piston 43b and cylinder 43a. An ejection piston 51 operates in cylinder 22 to urge the material S against the layer of material P in the cavity 23 as the mouth of the gate 3 opens. The material S becomes wrapped in the material P and is ejected from the gate 3 whose mouth then closes to cut the material P so as to form the globular shape.