Molding device

A device for molding food articles of raw finely divided beef and similar tissue containing food material that is normally subject to uneven shrinkage during cooking, comprising:

• supply means for said material;
• a pressure chamber means for providing pressurized said food material;
• a mold having a mold opening defined by a peripheral arcuate edge surface and spaced opposite planar end surfaces;
• means for moving said mold to and from a filling position for said mold opening;
• and supply passage means for supplying said pressurized food material to said mold opening when said mold and opening are in mold filling position to form said articles, said supply passage means comprising a flow channel located above the mold plate and above an adjacent edge portion of said mold opening when said mold is in said filling position and having an arcuate exit end at said arcuate edge of said mold opening, said arcuate exit end of said supply passage including means for projecting said food material directly into said mold opening in a thin ribbon of a thickness that is a fraction of the spacing between said mold opening end surfaces, said thin ribbon during said projecting being at an obtuse angle to an adjacent one of said planar end surfaces that defines, with said arcuate edge surface, said mold opening.