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US 9,028,239 B2Granted
Mass distribution device and molding device
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorHendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an mass distribution device for supplying a mass of foodstuff starting material to one or more cavities of a mold drum for molding products from the mass, comprising a base member which extends partially around the outer cylindrical circumference of the drum and which has an introduction area through which the mass is the fed to the cavities. The invention further relates to a molding device and to a process for operating the inventive mass distribution device.
Claims20
A process comprising:
- operating a mass distribution device, which comprises:
- a mold drum having one or more cavities;
- a base member which extends partially around an outer cylindrical circumference of the mold drum and which has an introduction area including:
- a multitude of holes and a sliding cutting member;
- feeding a mass of foodstuff starting material into the introduction area;
- forcing the mass of foodstuff starting material through the multitude of holes;
- filling the one or more cavities with the mass of foodstuff starting material;
- and cutting the mass of foodstuff material at least one during and/or after the filling of a cavity by a movement of a sliding cutting member in a movement direction generally perpendicular to a tangential direction of motion of the cavity during the filling step;
- wherein the mass distribution device includes a housing and the base member and the housing define a fill chamber in which an insert is located, wherein the insert holds the cutting member against the base member.
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A process comprising;
- operating amass distribution device, which comprises:
- a mold drum having one or more cavities;
- a base member which extends partially around an outer cylindrical circumference of the mold drum and which has an introduction area including:
- a multitude of holes and a sliding cutting member;
- feeding a mass of foodstuff starting material into the introduction area;
- forcing the mass of foodstuff starting material through the multitude of holes;
- filling the one or more cavities with the foodstuff staring material;
- and wherein a movement of the sliding cutting member is utilized as a valve for the mass of foodstuff starring material during and/or after the filling of a cavity and the movement of the sliding cutting member is in a movement direction generally perpendicular to a tangential direction of motion of the cavity during the filling step;
- wherein the mass distribution device includes a housing and the base member and the housing define a fill chamber in which an insert is located, wherein the insert holds the cutting member against the base member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.