Dual injection cake filler apparatus
AssigneeContinental Baking Company
InventorsMark Moshier, Ron Politte
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Abstract
An apparatus for injecting soft baked goods or cakes with different fluids includes a manifold defining a pair of spaced supply channels or chambers, a supply valve defining a port and a slide gate valve. The slide gate valve communicates with a passage and suck back chamber. A suck back piston is positioned within the suck back chamber. Secured to the underside of the manifold is a needle plate. A plurality of dual passage injection needles are secured to the plate. The plate defines a plurality of channels which communicate with the injection needles.
Claims30
A dual injection cake filler assembly for injecting cakes with semi-fluid substances, said assembly comprising:
- a manifold defining a pair of spaced supply channels each having an outlet passage;
- valve means on said manifold for controlling flow from said channels to said outlet passages;
- a needle plate secured to said manifold, said needle plate defining a pair of inlet recesses, a plurality of needle apertures, a pair of delivery channels with each channel extending from one of said inlet recesses and a plurality of needle inlet portions between said channels and said needle apertures;
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- a plurality of split needles each disposed in one of said needle apertures and defining a pair of passages having upper inlets and lower needle outlet ports, said upper inlets each communicating with one of said channels through one of said needle inlet portions, said channels and needle inlet portions being dimensioned so that substantially uniform quantities of semi-fluid material are ejected from said needle discharge ports whereby a single cake may be simultaneously filled with two different fillings.
An injection die assembly for use with a cake filler machine, said assembly comprising:
- an elongated plate having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a plurality of needle apertures extending between said surfaces;
- a pair of elongated channels defined by an opening through said upper surface, said channels extending in spaced relationship on opposite sides of said needle apertures;
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- a plurality of dual passage needles, each needle being disposed in one of said needle apertures, said needles each defining first and second needle inlets, a pair of fluid passages and a pair of needle outlets, one of said channels being connected to said first needle inlets and the other of said channels being connected to said second needle inlets.
A dual injection cake filler head comprising:
- an upper manifold defining spaced, parallel, main supply chambers, said chambers being intersected by valve bores;
- a lower manifold defining a pair of throughbores each aligned with one of said valve bores;
- valve means between said upper and lower manifolds for controlling the flow of fluids from said supply chambers to said throughbores;
- a needle plate secured to said lower manifold and defining a plurality of needle apertures;
- a plurality of dual passage needles, each needle being positioned within one of said needle apertures, said needles each defining a pair of inlets and a pair of outlets;
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- one of said lower manifold and said needle plate defining port and channel means for connecting a first of said needle inlets with one of said throughbores and a second of said needle inlets with the other of said throughbores so that fluids from said chambers are simultaneously discharged from the outlets of said needles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.