摘要 |
The present invention provides apparatus for forming shaped pieces from dough material for obtaining French fries or like shaped products for frying comprising: a cylinder having a piston which is movable upwards and downwards within the cylinder; an extrusion die plate which closes the lower end of the cylinder; means for supplying to a space in the cylinder above the piston powdery material and liquid; mixing means within the cylinder above the piston for mixing powdery material and liquid supplied thereto to form a liquid mixture, means being provided which upon upward movement of the piston permits transfer of the liquid mixture formed in said space above the piston into a space in the cylinder under the piston in which space it can stiffen into an extrudable dough-like material; and cutting means provided below the extrusion die plate for cutting into pieces dough material extruded through the extrusion die plate upon downward movement of the piston. |