Moulding machine
OwnerBertil Perssoninventor
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Abstract
A machine for moulding mouldable products, preferably foodstuff masses. A piston is slidable in a piston passage of a housing and a moulding tool defining a moulding cavity is slidable in a moulding tool passage of the housing. The piston and moulding tool are coupled to a common rotary drive disc for reciprocation such that when the moulding tool is in a first position, the piston pumps the mouldable product into the moulding cavity, compacting the product to a desired consistency, and when the moulding tool is in a second position, the mouldable product compacted in the moulding cavity is discharged from the machine.
Claims7
A moulding machine for moulding mouldable products, preferably foodstuff masses in the form of meat masses, fish masses or potato masses, comprising
- means for defining a piston passage and a moulding tool passage communicating with said piston passage;
- a piston slidably disposed in said piston passage;
- a moulding tool defining a moulding cavity, said moulding tool slidably disposed in said moulding tool passage;
- a generally vertical drive shaft;
- means for rotatably driving said drive shaft;
- a rotary disc mounted on one end of said drive shaft for rotation therewith about an axis;
- means for coupling said moulding tool to said rotary disc to effect reciprocation of said moulding tool in said moulding tool passage with rotation of said rotary disc;
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- means for coupling said piston eccentrically to said rotary disk to effect reciprocation of said piston in said piston passage with rotation of said rotary disc, comprising
- cam means releasably mounted on said rotary disc,
- a bearing eccentrically arranged on said cam means relative to said axis, and
- a member pivotally connecting said piston and said bearing,
- said cam means when released being swingable relative to said rotary disc to change the eccentricity of said bearing relative to said axis,
- wherein said piston and said moulding tool are coupled to said rotary disc such that when said moulding tool is in a first position said piston pumps the mouldable product into said moulding cavity, compacting the product to a desired consistency, and when said moulding tool is in a second position the mouldable product compacted in said moulding cavity is discharged from the machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.