Sopes dish forming machine
OwnerArmando Strozziinventor
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Abstract
Improvements a machine that turns gorditas into sopes. The machine uses an elliptical chain drive that transports the sopes. The gorditas travel horizontally where the gorditas are turned into sopes as they continue along the linear travel of the elliptical chain drive. The holder is a female pocket that accepts the gorditas and provides support at the sides of the sopes. A rotary press placed along the travel of the gorditas as they become sopes. The rotary press is synchronized to rotate and press into holders. The machine include leveling arms or pads that level the female pocket with the gorditas is loaded, pressed and ejected. The forming machine flips the sopes out of the female holder after the sopes has been formed with a central pocket.
Claims19
A sope dish forming machine comprising:
- a primary reciprocating drive;
- said primary reciprocating drive having a plurality of female receiving dishes secured to a primary continuous linked belt thereon;
- said plurality of female receiving dishes having a circular, generally flat bottom with generally vertical elevated side walls surrounding said flat bottom;
- a secondary reciprocating drive;
- said secondary reciprocating drive having at least one male forming die secured to a secondary continuous linked belt that has a different number of links as said primary continuous linked belt thereon;
- said at least one male forming die having a generally flat outer surface with generally perpendicular side walls surrounding said flat bottom and;
- said primary reciprocating drive being synchronized to said secondary reciprocating drive whereby said at least one male forming die is configured to engage with at least one of said plurality of female receiving dishes after a gordita is placed into said at least one of the plurality of female receiving dishes thereby forming said gordita into the sope dish.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.