Abstract A molding apparatus particularly for forming articles of moldable food material such as patties from ground meat, fish and the like in which a mold device having a plurality of mold openings for forming a plurality of the articles is moved between charging and discharging stations for these openings and there is provided at the discharging station one or a plurality of separate transporting means such as one or more endless conveyors for conveying the articles to one or a plurality of of separate destinations. One specific example of this is to have two sets of mold openings each for shaping patties and a pair of endless conveyors on which articles from the openings are deposited with one conveyor transporting the patties to one destination such as a fast freezer while the other conveyor transports its patties to a separate destination such as a cooker-canner. The width of coverage of the patties on the conveyor or conveyors is determined by the angular arrangement of the mold relative to the conveyor or conveyors.
Inventors
👤 H Holly
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-04 22:34
CPC Classifications
A; A22; A22C; A22C7/00; B; B29; B29C; B29C45/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
Molding apparatus for forming simultaneously a plurality of articles from a pressure flowable plastic and moldable material, comprising: a movable mold having a plurality of rows of transversely arranged mold opening means extending across a width of said mold for forming a plurality of said articles in said openings; means for moving said mold in a mold path between charging and discharging stations for said mold openings; supply means for supplying said material to said openings at said charging station; transporting means at said discharging station having a receiving surface for transporting said articles in a transporting path to a destination, said receiving surface having a width differing from said width of the mold opening means; transfer means at said discharging station for transferring said articles from said mold openings to said transporting means; and means for arranging said path of the movable mold and said path of said transporting means at a selected angle to deposit said articles in a pattern having a selected width on said transporting means that is substantially equal to the width of said receiving surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
Molding apparatus for forming simultaneously a plurality of articles from a pressure flowable plastic and moldable material, comprising: a movable mold having a plurality of rows of transversely arranged mold opening means extending across a width of said mold for forming a plurality of said articles in said openings; means for moving said mold in a mold path between charging and discharging stations for said mold openings; supply means for supplying said material to said openings at said charging station; transporting means at said discharging station having a receiving surface for transporting said articles in a transporting path to a destination, said receiving surface having a width differing from said width of the mold opening means; transfer means at said discharging station for transferring said articles from said mold openings to said transporting means; and means for arranging said path of the movable mold and said path of said transporting means at a selected angle to deposit said articles in a pattern having a selected width on said transporting means that is substantially equal to the width of said receiving surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said transporting means comprises a plurality of conveyors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The apparatus of claim 2 wherein there are two of said rows.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus of claim 3 wherein each said row is deposited on a separate conveyor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said mold opening means are arranged in sets spaced longitudinally with respect to the direction of movement of said mold.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said transporting means comprises a plurality of conveyors each arranged to receive molded articles from different sets of said mold opening means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said plurality of conveyors are vertically spaced from each other and have article receiving back ends horizontally spaced from each other distances corresponding to the spacing of the sets of mold openings at said discharging station.