US 4,376,624 A · Extrusion die for a pasta-making kitchen appliance

Abstract

An extrusion die for a pasta-making kitchen appliance includes a first part which has a perforated main portion and a second part which has a support portion received in a recess in the first part and having at least one projecting portion which extends into the associated aperture of the first member. Advantageously, there are as many projecting portions, all supported on the support portions, as there are apertures, and the projecting portions are received, in a one-to-one relationship, in the respective apertures. At least one fin extends radially of each of the projecting portions and contacts the surface bounding the respective aperture to support the projecting portion in such aperture. The support portion may include a plurality of discrete legs, some of which are connected with the support legs of the other pins or projecting portions, while the remaining legs engage the internal surface of a collar portion of the first member which surrounds the recess accepting the support portion. The two members can be assembled and disassembled at will to gain access to the apertures and the pins, especially for cleaning purposes. On disassembly, all pins are extracted simultaneously, and the pins are also simultaneously introduced into the respective apertures on assembly.

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Dependent claims

An extrusion die for mounting across the path in which a farinaceous material is confined to travel during its expulsion in a predetermined direction from a kitchen appliance, especially from a pasta-making appliance for household use,

comprising a bipartite assembly consisting of:
a first member extending across said path and including a perforated portion of one-piece with the first member, said perforated portion having an upstream and a downstream surface and a plurality of apertures extending between said surfaces substantially parallel to said direction in the mounted position of the extrusion die;
and
a second member including a support portion disposed adjacent to said perforated portion at one of said surfaces thereof, and at least one projecting portion extending from said support portion, in a one-to-one relationship, into one of said apertures of said perforated portion in the assembled condition of said members, said support portion and said projecting portion being of one-piece with the second member, whereby access to the apertures and at least one projection portion for cleaning purposes is obtained solely by disassembly of the two members, thereby avoiding the laborious and cumbersome disassembly of multi-part extrusion die arrangements for cleaning purposes.

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comprising a bipartite assembly consisting of:
a first member extending across said path and including a main portion of one-piece with the first member, said main portion having an upstream and a downstream surface and at least one aperture extending between said surfaces substantially parallel to said direction in the mounted position of the extrusion die;
and
a second member including at least one projecting portion received, in a one-to-one relationship, in said aperture to define an annular clearance therewith, and a support portion disposed adjacent to said main portion of said first member at one of said surfaces thereof, said support portion and said projecting portion being of one-piece with the second member, whereby access to the apertures and at least one projecting portion for cleaning purposes is obtained solely by disassembly of the two members, thereby avoiding the laborious and cumbersome disassembly of multi-part extrusion die arrangements for cleaning purposes, said support portion including a plurality of legs rigid with said projecting portion and extending radially thereof at equiangular distribution about the axis of the latter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Extrusion die for a pasta-making kitchen appliance

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Extrusion die for a pasta-making kitchen appliance

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