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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1990
Eric M Bliss, Lexington, NC (US);
William G Wunder, Sr, Hamilton, MI (US);
Nabisco Brands, Inc., Parsippany, NJ (US);
Abstract
A press for compressing a food material includes a support frame, a die plate rotatably supported by the support frame and forming a multitude of die cavities for receiving the food material, and a food supply device conducting the food material to the die cavities from a source of the food material. The press further includes a first punch assembly rotatably supported the support frame, located on a first side of the die plate, and including a multitude of first punches for axial reciprocating movement; and a second punch assembly rotatably supported by the support frame, located on the second side of the die plate, and including a multitude of second punches supported for axial reciprocating. Each of the first and second punches is aligned with one of the die cavities of the die plate.