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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
Mp Equipment, Llc, Gainesville, GA (US);
Gary Cowart, Gainesville, GA (US);
MP EQUIPMENT, LLC, Gainesville, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for preparing a plurality of uniformly formed food products. The apparatus includes a rotatable mold plate with a plurality of voids, the plurality of voids are collected into one or more sets of voids in close proximity to each other. A first cover plate is fixed with the mold plate rotatable about the first cover plate. First and second apertures are disposed through the first cover plate, wherein each void of the plurality of voids. A vacuum is applied to the void through the first aperture and flowing food enters the void through the second aperture. The first cover plate has an empty space or is sized to expose a portion of the mold plate. A knock-out assembly is disposed with respect to the voids when outside of the first cover plate, wherein the knockout assembly interacts with voids to remove food patties from the voids.