Machine for forming frozen food product bars

Claim 1

A FROZEN PRODUCT MACHINE COMPRISING A FRAME, AN OPEN TOP MOLD, FIRST CONVEYOR MEANS ON SAID FRAME FOR CARRYING SAID MOLD THROUGH A PLURALITY OF PROCESSING STATIONS, AN EXTRACTOR REMOVABLY POSITIONED ACROSS THE OPEN TOP OF SAID MOLD, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PRODUCT TO SAID MOLD AT A FILLING STATION FOR SUBSEQUENT FREEZING, A DEPENDING AND DOWNWARDLY TAPERED PIN CARRIED BY SAID EXTRACTOR FOR EVENTUAL FREEZE-BONDING TO THE PRODUCT AS THE PRODUCT IS FROZEN SOLID IN THE MOLD, SAID PIN BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID EXTRACTOR TO FACILITATE REMOVAL OF THE FROZEN PRODUCT FROM THE PIN, AN ACUTATING LEVER CONNECTED TO SAID PIN AND MOVABLE WITH THE EXTRACTOR, MEANS FOR FREEZING THE PRODUCT IN SAID MOLD DURING CONVEYING MOVEMENT OF THE MOLD, MEANS FOR THAWING THE FROZEN BOND BETWEEN THE FROZEN PRODUCT AND SAID MOLD, MEANS FOR REMOVING SAID EXTRACTOR FROM SAID MOLD WITH THE FROZEN PRODUCT SECURED TO SAID PIN, A SECOND CONVEYOR FOR RECEIVING SAID EXTRACTOR FROM SAID REMOVING MEANS, OPERATAOR MEANS LYING ADJACENT AND MOVABLE INTO THE PATH OF SAID PIN ACTUATING LEVER FOR ROTATING SAID PIN RELATIVE TO SAID EXTRACTOR TO DESTROY THE FROZEN BOND BETWEEN THE FROZEN PRODUCT AND SAID PIN, AND A FIXED ABUTMENT ON SAID FRAME AND LYING IN THE PATH OF SAID FOR SETTING THE PIN IN PREDETERMINED RELATIVE POSITION TO CONDITION THE LEVER BEFORE THE PRODUCT IS FROZEN IN SAID MOLD FOR CONTACT BY SAID SECOND ACTUATING MEANS.