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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Gea Food Solutions Bakel B.v., EN Bakel, NL;
Inventors:
Hendrik Jan Righolt, Oosterhout, NL;
Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Someren, NL;
Assignee:
GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKER B.V., Bakel, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B29C 43/40 (2006.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 7/0069 (2013.01); A22C 7/0092 (2013.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.08); B29C 43/3697 (2013.01); B29C 43/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a food-forming-apparatus with: a rotating drum () which comprises product cavities in which a food product is formed from a food mass and a food mass feed member (), which comprises a housing with an infeed channel () and at least one upstream sealing area () and/or a downstream sealing area () and a flexible pressure plate () which is pressed against the outer surface of the drum and thereby provides a seal between the food mass member and the drum. The drum has at its outer surface a multitude of rows of cavities.