Device for preparing food products from cooked and expanded cereals and products obtained

A device for preparing food products from cereals which are pressure cooked and thereafter expanded, comprising

• (a) a mould comprised of a hollow heated fixed die and having a cavity defined therein;
• (b) a punch entering through an opening of the mould and cooperating with said mould;
• (c) a jack connected to the punch to drive the punch alternately between a first position wherein the punch is in the hollow die of the mould, which is closed through the punch, and exerts on the mould a pressure transmitted through the jack during the cooking of the cereals, and a second position wherein the punch is out of the mould which is then open;
• (d) stop means for temporarily stopping the movement of the punch, or of a driving member therefor, between the first and the second position, in a third position wherein the punch does not exert a pressure on the mould and the mould cavity is not yet open, to permit expansion of the cereal;
• (e) means for automatically feeding cereals to be cooked through said opening of the mould;
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• (f) means for automatically discharging the products from expanded cereals through said opening.