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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1999
Mari Hyllstam, Lund, SE;
Sten Påhlsson, Ödåkra, SE;
Frigoscandia Eguipment AB, Helsingborg, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus for molding food products of a moldable food material having a molding compartment, a feeding device for feeding the food material to the molding compartment and a molding plate with a mold cavity. The molding plate is moveable between a forwarding position in which the mold cavity communicates with the molding compartment via a molding opening, and an ejection position, in which the mold cavity is open towards a base. A plunger assembly fills the mold cavity with the food material from the molding compartment via the mold opening, and a piston ejects a food product molded in the mold cavity from the molding plate in the ejection position. A common, programmable control unit predetermines the periodical movements of the feeding device, the plunger assembly and the molding plate as a function of time in the form of separate movement patterns.