Fiber orienting technology

A food patty molding machine, comprising:

• a mold plate having at least one mold cavity therein, along a given path, in a repetitive cycle, between a fill position and a discharge position;
• food pump for pumping a moldable food product;
• a fill passage connecting said food pump to said mold cavity when said mold plate is in said fill position;
• a fill plate, interposed in said fill passage adjacent to said mold plate;
• said fill plate having a multiplicity of fill orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area aligned with said mold cavity when said fill plate is in its fill position;
• said fill orifices defining paths through said fill plate, wherein a plurality of said paths each have an outlet path portion at an angle of approximately 0 to 75 degrees from center of the holes vertical axis;
• a stripper plate interposed in said fill passage adjacent side of said fill plate opposite said mold plate, and movable along a path transverse to said mold plate path between said fill location and discharge position;
• said stripper plate having a multiplicity of fill openings aligned one-for-one with said fill orifices as extensions thereof when said stripper plate drive is in said fill location;
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• stripper plate drive, synchronized with said mold plate drive between its fill location and discharge location.