Venturi effect technology on a food product molding machine

A food product molding machine, comprising:

• a mold plate having at least one mold cavity therein, along a given path, in a repetitive cycle, between a fill position and a discharge position;
• food pump for pumping a moldable food product;
• a fill passage connecting said food pump to said mold cavity when said mold plate is in said fill position;
• a fill plate, interposed in said fill passage adjacent to said mold plate;
• said fill plate having a fill slot, fill horn, or multiplicity of fill orifices distributed in a predetermined pattern throughout an area aligned with said mold cavity when said fill plate is in its fill position;
• said fill orifices defining paths through said fill plate;
• said fill orifices comprising a sphere intersecting a cylinder which creates a venturi orifice;
• wherein said sphere is a constriction from a fixed point where a distance of said constriction is equidistant from said fixed point;
• a stripper plate interposed in said fill passage adjacent side of said fill plate opposite said mold plate, and movable along a path transverse to said mold plate path between said fill location and discharge position;
• said stripper plate having a multiplicity of fill openings aligned one-for-one with said fill orifices as extensions thereof when said stripper plate drive is in said fill location;
• and stripper plate drive, synchronized with said mold plate drive between its fill location and discharge location.