Food product forming apparatus

In a food product apparatus of the type which includes a nozzle having an axial bore extending longitudinally therethrough for conducting a slurry of said food product delivered at one end of said nozzle to an opening at the other end of said nozzle, said opening being constructed and arranged for radially outwardly discharging given amounts of said slurry, the improvement comprising a forming device constructed and arranged in spaced-apart relationship with said nozzle, said device having an inner wall the axis of which is aligned with the axis of said nozzle for forming corresponding outside walls on the exteriors of each of said given amounts of discharged slurry to form said food product, said inner wall radially spaced from and confronting said opening to define a region adjacent said opening and extending radially outwardly from said opening toward said inner wall, said inner wall being constructed and arranged so that said region is substantially unobstructed in a direction parallel to said wall both axially above and below said opening, wherein each given amount of discharged slurry is substantially entirely connected within said region when said outside wall is formed thereon, said food product being free to be removed from both said nozzle and said device in said parallel direction.