Device and method for forming food products
AssigneeAlbert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsManfred Baechtle, Claudiu Cret, Daniel Teufel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a forming device for forming and partitioning a pasty food strand as well as to a filling machine with a respective forming device and to a method. The forming device comprises more than two flat displacement elements superposed in the direction of transport of the food strand, each having at least one opening through which the food strand can be moved in the direction of transport. The forming device further comprises a movement mechanism for moving the flat displacement elements on respective curved paths, such that the respective openings can move relative to each other, so that the cross-sectional area of the resulting overall opening of the superposed openings changes.
Claims11
A forming device for forming and partitioning a pasty food strand, comprising:
- more than two flat displacement elements superposed in a direction of transport of said food strand, each having at least one opening through which said food strand is movable in said direction of transport, and
- a movement mechanism for moving said flat displacement elements on respective curved paths, such that said respective openings of said flat displacement elements are superposed and movable relative to each other so that a cross-sectional area of a resulting overall opening of said superposed openings changes,
- wherein said movement mechanism comprises at least one rotary member, and wherein said flat displacement elements are coupled and distributed about a circumference of said rotary member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.