Rotatable system to repetitively prepare food patties from a source of flowing food

An apparatus for preparing a plurality of uniformly formed food products, comprising:

• a mold plate with a plurality of voids disposed therein, the mold plate comprising a center and an arcuate outer edge, the mold plate is rotatable about the center;
• the plurality of voids collectively organized into a first set and a second set, the plurality of voids within the first set disposed with a consistent spacing between adjacent voids and the plurality of voids arranged within the second set disposed with a consistent spacing between adjacent voids, wherein a void at an end of the voids of the first set is further from a closest void within the second set than a spacing of adjacent voids within the first set and a spacing of adjacent voids within the second set, wherein no voids are located within the mold plate between the voids of the first set and the voids of the second set,
• a transmission disposed in conjunction with the mold plate to transfer torque to the mold plate to cause the mold plate to rotate about the center of the mold plate;
• a first cover plate fixed with the mold plate rotatable about the first cover plate, the first cover plate disposed in parallel to the mold plate, a first aperture disposed through the first cover plate and a second aperture disposed through the first cover plate, wherein each void of the plurality of voids of the mold plate is aligned sequentially with the first aperture and then aligned with the second aperture as the mold plate is rotated about its center, the first cover plate defining an empty space that exposes an arc length of the mold plate as the mold plate rotates and covering a remaining portion of the mold plate;
• a knock-out assembly disposed with respect to the empty space to interact with the mold plate that is disposed in registry with the empty space of the first cover plate or the knock-out assembly is disposed outside of the first cover plate, wherein the knockout assembly interacts with voids disposed within the empty space or outside of the first cover plate;
• a filling system disposed in registry with the second aperture of the first cover plate to direct a flow of food product through the second aperture and into one or more voids of the mold plate that are disposed in registry with the second aperture.