Extruding flower designs

Claim 1

A device for extruding flower designs, comprising; an open ended non-partitioned extrudate reservoir terminating in an apertured flower extruding die defining an axis of extrusion and having an inner extrudate engaging surface extending inwardly toward said reservoir and in open communication with the interior thereof; said apertured extruding die including central and peripheral extrusion apertures respectively adjacent and remote from the extrusion axis in open communication with said reservoir for separating the extrudate into a plurality of central and peripheral petal forming strips; and said peripheral extrusion apertures defining a disproportionately greater angle of convergence with the extrusion axis than said central extrusion openings.

Claim 2

A device for extruding flower designs, comprising; an open ended non-partitioned extrudate reservoir terminating in an apertured flower extruding die defining an axis of extrusion and having an inner extrudate engaging surface extending inwardly toward said reservoir and in open communication with the interior thereof; said apertured extruding die including central and peripheral extrusion apertures respectively adjacent and remote from the extrusion axis in open communication with said reservoir for separating the extrudate into a plurality of central and peripheral petal forming strips; and said peripheral extrusion apertures defining a disproportionately greater angle of convergence with the extrusion axis than said central extrusion openings.

Claim 3

A device for extruding flower designs comprising: a non-partioned extrudate reservoir having an outlet; and a flower extruding die comprising an inlet for receiving all the extrudate emitting from the reservoir and a perforate outlet having an outer surface concave toward the downstream end of an axis of extrudate movement and an inner surface, the entire area of the inner surface being in open communication with the reservoir outlet, the die outlet including inner and outer perforate portions for separating the extrudate into a plurality of inner and outer petal forming strips, the openings in the outer perforate section defining a disproportionately greater angle of convergence with the axis than the openings in the inner perforate section.

Claim 4

A device for extruding flower designs comprising: a non-partioned extrudate reservoir having an outlet; and a flower extruding die comprising an inlet for receiving all the extrudate emitting from the reservoir and a perforate outlet having an outer surface concave toward the downstream end of an axis of extrudate movement and an inner surface, the entire area of the inner surface being in open communication with the reservoir outlet, the die outlet including inner and outer perforate portions for separating the extrudate into a plurality of inner and outer petal forming strips, the openings in the outer perforate section defining a disproportionately greater angle of convergence with the axis than the openings in the inner perforate section.