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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
E. Terry Groff, Wernersville, PA (US);
Joseph S. Zaleski, Jr., Mohrsville, PA (US);
Kevin G. Knott, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
Vincent G. Pasquini, Hershey, PA (US);
Steven W. Shepler, Myerstown, PA (US);
Brett A. Riegel, Robesonia, PA (US);
Reading Bakery Systems, Robesonia, PA (US);
Abstract
A rotary drive die nozzle machine for an extruder comprises at least one rotatable nozzle having at least three openings. A compression head directs food material from the extruder toward at least one rotating nozzle. A drive assembly including at least one drive gear rotates the at least one nozzle. The at least one nozzle is axially removable from the drive gear to allow replacement with nozzle openings of different sizes and shapes. The machine includes a series of seals to prevent the extruded food product from getting into the drive assembly and to prevent grease and other matter from the drive assembly from getting into the food material.