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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1981
James A Holly, Crestwood, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed in which mold parts are provided for defining a mold opening and in which a foraminous member is provided with apertures communicating between an upstream side and downstream side of the member. The foraminous member is disposed with the downstream side adjacent the mold opening. Pressurized food material is forced from the upstream side of the foraminous member through the apertures to the downstream side of the foraminous member and into the mold opening as discrete extrudate masses which together define a packed array forming the patty. At least some of the mold parts are then moved away from the foraminous member to expose the downstream side of the foraminous member and a plurality of rigid probe members are inserted into at least some of the foraminous member apertures from the downstream side to dislodge tissue fibers that may have lodged in the upstream side of the member.