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US 9,162,376 B2Granted
Food product forming apparatus and process
AssigneeGea Food Solutions Bakel B.V.
InventorsHendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Jacobus Johannes Maria Van Der Laak
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Abstract
Food product-forming apparatus, with a movable form-body, in which the food product is formed, and a knock out cup, which executes a knock-out-movement, that removes the food product from the form-body or according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in, that the knock out cup comprises a reservoir with compressed fluid, preferably essentially air.
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A food product-forming apparatus comprising:
- a movable form-body in which the food product is formed, and
- a knock-out cup that executes a knock-out-movement to remove the food product from the form-body, the knock out cup includes a piston, and a reservoir located in the knock out cup,
- wherein the reservoir stores a compressed fluid, and the compressed fluid is at least partially emptied to remove the food product from the form-body during the knock-out-movement, and
- wherein during filling of the reservoir, the compressed fluid flows past the piston and into the reservoir, the compressed fluid is stored in the reservoir until a pressure drop above the piston moves the piston so that the compressed fluid can be ejected through a permeable bottom so that a fluid cushion is created at least temporarily beneath the permeable bottom.
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A food product-forming apparatus comprising:
- a movable form-body, in which the food product is formed,
- a knock out cup including:
- i. a permeable bottom and/or a permeable sidewall, and
- ii. a piston,
- a reservoir located in the knock out cup and including a sealing means, the reservoir storing a compressed fluid,
- at least one cleaning medium that is ejected through the permeable bottom and/or the permeable sidewall,
- wherein the knock out cup executes a knock-out-movement that removes the food product from the form-body;
- wherein the permeable sidewall includes an anti-adhesive coating;
- wherein during filling of the reservoir, the compressed fluid flows past the piston into the reservoir, the compressed fluid is stored in the reservoir until a pressure drop above the piston moves the piston so that the compressed fluid is at least partially ejected through the permeable bottom to create a fluid cushion at least temporarily beneath the permeable bottom during the knock-out-movement.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.