Fold-over pie forming unit

Claim 1

IN A PIE MAKING APPARATUS, PIE FORMING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PIE FORMING UNITS; CONVEYOR MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONVEYING SAID PLURALITY OF PIE FORMING UNITS IN TANDEM ARRANGEMENT; EACH UNIT OF SAID PLURALITY OF UNITS INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL BASE, A GENERALLY FLAT PRIMARY MOLD HALF ARRANGED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BASE, A GENERALLY FLAT SECONDARY MOLD HALF DISPOSED HORIZONTALLY CONTIGUOUS SAID PRIMARY MOLD HALF AND ARRANGED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID BASE, SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MOLD HALVES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-PLANAR ARRANGED IN A NORMAL OPEN DISPOSITION AND IN SUCH DISPOSITION BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A HORIZONTAL SHEET OF PIE DOUGH AND A GOB OF PIE FILLING MATERIAL, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID PRIMARY MOLD HALF FOR SUBSTANTIALLY 180* PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PRIMARY HOLD HALF OVER SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF, SAID PRIMARY MOLD HALF BEING ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY MOVED OVER SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF THEREBY FOLDING SAID DOUGH SHEET OVER SAID FILLER MATERFIAL AND FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY A COMPLETED PIE RESTING IN SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF FOR SUBSTANTIALLY 180* PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF IN A GENERAL DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID PRIMARY MOLD HALF, SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF BEING ADAPTED TO BE PIVOTALLY MOVED SUBSTANTIALLY 180* FOR OVERTURNING A PIE RESTING IN SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF AND FOR GRAVITATINGLY EJECTING THE PIE FROM SAID SECONDARY MOLD HALF AND AWAY FROM THE