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US 2021/0360893 A1Published application
Integrated modular belt and mold
AssigneeSonoma Creamery, LLC
InventorsJohn E. CREAN, III, Louis J. BIAGGI, Dana D. SMITH, Patrick L. COSTELLO, Francisco X. AGUIRRE
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming food product includes a plurality of links forming a generally continuous conveyor, the plurality of links each forming at least one cavity together with a longitudinally adjacent link wherein the longitudinally adjacent link includes a pivotable tongue that pivots through the cavity as the generally continuous conveyor reaches an end of its horizontal path.
Claims20
A method for forming food products comprising:
- providing a filling station;
- providing a conveyor with respect to the filling station, the conveyor including a plurality of links, each link forming at least one cavity;
- filling the at least one cavity at the filling station with a food product;
- extending the conveyor through a heating zone;
- and
- discharging a heated food product from the conveyor through an interference between a longitudinally adjacent link with the at least one cavity.
3 more elements
An apparatus for forming a food product comprising:
- a plurality of links forming a generally continuous conveyor, the plurality of links each forming at least one cavity together with a longitudinally adjacent link wherein the longitudinally adjacent link includes a pivotable tongue that pivots through the cavity as the generally continuous conveyor reaches an end of its horizontal path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.