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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Keizo Mochizuki, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425467 ; 425380 ; 4253824 ;
Abstract
The invention is to improve a molding nozzle assembly for producing hollow cylindrical snack foods. In order to produce hollow cylindrical snack food products of even thickness and the hollow spaces being almost perfectly circular, it includes a nozzle body having a throat, a conical hole converging to the throat and a cylindrical hole extending from the throat. An elongated pin is set in the nozzle passing through the conical hole, throat and cylindrical hole, and a mount is fixed to the nozzle body. The pin has a conical head at one end thereof and a disk collar fixed to the conical head of the pin. The disk collar has circular holes around its center.