Croquette machine
OwnerLuis A. Hernandez, Jorge E. Gonzalezinventors
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Abstract
A machine for manufacturing croquettes from a source of elastic food mass continuously discharged from a nozzle assembly having a reciprocating chopper controlled by sensors for severing the mass into croquettes, a plurality of conveyors for moving said croquettes through tunnel assemblies for compressing said croquettes into a desired shape and a shaker assembly for breading said croquettes and providing a frictional means for rolling said croquettes through said tunnels.
Claims14
A machine for manufacturing food products made from a source of food mass comprising:
- (a) a nozzle assembly for continuously discharging said food mass;
- (b) a recriprocating chopper in close proximity to said nozzle assembly for severing said food mass from said nozzle whereby said severed mass is positioned adjacent said chopper;
- (c) a tunnel in spaced apart relation to said chopper, said tunnel having a shaped internal passageway;
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- (d) a conveyor extending from adjacent said chopper and along the length of said tunnel for receiving said severed mass and urging said severed mass along said passageway whereby said severed mass is shaped by said passageway during its movement along said tunnel.
A machine for manufacturing food products made from a source of food mass comprising:
- (a) a nozzle assembly for continuously discharging said food mass;
- (b) a platform in close proximity to said nozzle assembly;
- (c) a recriprocating chopper in spaced apart relation to said platform constructed and arranged to move back and forth across said platform for severing said food mass discharged from said nozzle to form a cut food mass whereby said cut food mass is positioned on said platform adjacent said chopper and in front of the direction of movement of said chopper such that said reciprocating chopper pushes said cut food mass from said platform in alternating opposite directions;
- (d) a first conveyor disposed to one side of said platform for receiving said cut food mass moved in a first of said opposite directions;
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- (e) a second conveyor disposed to the opposite side of said platform for receiving said cut food mass moved in the other of said directions, whereby said first conveyor receives said cut food mass when said chopper moves in one direction relative to said platform and said second conveyor receives a second cut food mass when said chopper moves in the opposite direction relative to said platform, whereby for each back and forth movement of said chopper two cut food masses are formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.