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US 2006/0078642 A1Published application
Apparatus for making patties
AssigneePragotrade, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Palese
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Abstract
A patty forming apparatus (10) includes a housing (48) that defines a chamber (90). The housing (48) has an open condition for receiving a food product (14) and a closed condition for forming a patty (16) with the food product. The apparatus (10) includes an element (100) for adjusting the volume of the chamber (90) to select the approximate weight of a patty (16) formed when the volume of the chamber (90) is filled with the food product (14).
Claims13
A patty forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a chamber, said housing having an open condition for receiving a food product, said housing having a closed condition for forming a patty with the food product;
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- volume adjusting means for adjusting the volume of said chamber, said volume adjusting means including weight selecting means for selecting the approximate weight of a patty formed when the volume of said chamber is filled with the food product.
A patty forming apparatus comprising:
- a base comprising a generally circular base wall;
- a cover comprising a generally cylindrical side wall centered on an axis;
- a plate member comprising a generally circular top wall centered on said axis and movable relative to said side wall along said axis, said cover and said base member being movable relative to said base from an open condition to a closed position, said base wall, said side wall, and said top wall defining a cylindrical chamber when said cover and said base member are in said closed position;
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- means for adjusting the position of said plate member relative to said housing, said adjusting means including means for selecting the approximate weight of a patty formed when said chamber is filled with a food product.
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A patty forming apparatus comprising:
- a housing defining a cylindrical chamber having a fixed diameter and an adjustable height, said housing having an open condition for receiving a food product in said chamber, said housing having a closed condition for forming a cylindrical patty with the food product in said chamber, said patty having a diameter that coincides with the fixed diameter of said chamber, said patty having a thickness that coincides with the height of said chamber;
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- means for adjusting the height of said chamber to thereby adjust the thickness of said patty, said adjusting means comprising means for selecting the approximate weight of said patty.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.