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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van Der Eerden, Gemert, NL;
Dirk Meskendahl, Kranenburg, DE;
Thomas Willem Dekker, Nijmegen, NL;
Hendricus Franciscus Jacobus Maria Van Der Eerden, Gemert, NL;
Dirk Meskendahl, Kranenburg, DE;
Thomas Willem Dekker, Nijmegen, NL;
Marel Townsend Further Processing B.V., Boxmeer, NL;
Abstract
According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a mass-distributing device () for supplying a mass of foodstuff starting materials suitable for consumption, in particular a meat mass, to one or more mold cavities () of a molding member () for molding three-dimensional products () from said mass. The device () comprises a housing (), which has an open side () which can be turned towards the molding member, in which a flexible abutment element () for the housing to abut the molding member is arranged. In the housing (), a through-passage () for said mass extends from an introduction opening () in the housing () to a discharge (), which discharge opens at the open side () of the housing (). Pressure means () are provided in order to position the flexible abutment element () under pressure against the plane () of the molding member () comprising one or more mold cavities (), the pressure means () being designed to set contact pressures in separate zones () of the flexible abutment element ().