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US 9,282,753 B2Granted
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AssigneeTomahawk Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Hausladen, Rich Payne
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Abstract
A device for eliminating vacuum as the plunger is returned by venting it to the atmosphere in a patty molding machine.
Claims4
A device in a patty molding machine for eliminating vacuum as a plunger is returned to a pump box by venting air to atmosphere outside said patty molding machine comprising:
- a food pump system;
- said food pump system comprising at least two plungers that pump food material under pressure into a valve manifold flow connected to a cyclically operated molding mechanism;
- a slot or groove cut in a window at a rear position of said pumping system;
- said groove or slot is located on an outer wall of said pump system;
- said plungers operating in overlapping alteration to each other;
- wherein said slot or groove vents air to said atmosphere outside said patty molding machine.
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