MOULDING FOOD PRODUCTS FROM A PUMPABLE FOODSTUFF MASS
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Abstract
An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, for example from ground meat includes a pump having at least one pump chamber, an inlet, and an outlet for the foodstuff mass, a pump drive, a moulding device including a mould member having multiple mould cavities, and a mould member drive for moving the mould member along a path, the path including a fill position of a mould cavity where mass is filled into a mould cavity and a product release position of a mould cavity where a moulded product is released from the mould cavity, a mass feed member having a chamber with an inlet and a discharge mouth facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member, the mass feed member being adapted to transfer the foodstuff mass into a mould cavity of the mould member in a corresponding mould cavity filling event that is defined by the moment of first flow of foodstuff mass into the mould cavity and the moment wherein the mould cavity has been fully filled and flow of foodstuff mass therein is terminated.
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Citations
70 Claims
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1-48. -48. (canceled)
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49. An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, wherein the installation comprises:
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a pump having at least one pump chamber, an inlet, and an outlet for the foodstuff mass; a pump drive; and a moulding device, the moulding device comprising; a frame; a mould member having multiple mould cavities, each having a filling opening for the introduction of foodstuff mass into the mould cavity, wherein the mould member is movably supported by the frame; a mould member drive for moving the mould member along a path, said path including a fill position of a mould cavity where foodstuff mass is filled into a mould cavity and a product release position of a mould cavity where a moulded product is released from the mould cavity, wherein the mould member is provided with a pattern of multiple mould cavities with mould cavities at distinct perpendicular axis positions when seen perpendicular to the path of the mould member; and a mass feed member having a chamber with an inlet for foodstuff mass and said mass feed member being arranged at the fill position along the path of the mould member, said inlet of the mass feed member being connected or adapted to be connected to the outlet of the pump, the mass feed member being adapted to transfer the foodstuff mass into a mould cavity of the mould member, wherein the mass feed member is provided with an orificed mouth body having an outlet face facing the mould member at the fill position, said orificed mouth body having multiple outlet orifices so that foodstuff mass flows into a mould cavity via multiple outlet orifices, wherein an orificed grinder body is arranged over the orificed mouth body opposite said outlet face, which orificed grinder body has multiple orifices that connect to said multiple outlet orifices, and wherein said orificed grinder body has a grinding face opposite said orificed mouth body, wherein the mass feed member is provided with multiple mobile grinder members, each being arranged at a distinct perpendicular axis position when seen perpendicular to the path of the mould member, each mobile grinder member cooperating with the grinding face of the orificed grinder body, and wherein the installation comprises a grinder drive and associated grinder drive controller adapted to drive the mobile grinder members. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, wherein the installation comprises:
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a pump having at least one pump chamber, an inlet, and an outlet for the foodstuff mass; a pump drive; and a moulding device, the moulding device comprising; frame; a mould member having multiple mould cavities, each having a filling opening for the introduction of foodstuff mass into the mould cavity, wherein the mould member is movably supported by the frame; a mould member drive for moving the mould member along a path, said path including a fill position of a mould cavity where mass is filled into a mould cavity and a product release position of a mould cavity where a moulded product is released from the mould cavity, wherein the mobile mould member is provided with a pattern of multiple mould cavities with mould cavities at distinct perpendicular axis positions when seen perpendicular to the path of the mould member; and a mass feed member, said mass feed member having a chamber with an inlet for foodstuff mass and having a discharge mouth facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member, said inlet of the mass feed member being connected or adapted to be connected to the outlet of the pump, the mass feed member being adapted to transfer the foodstuff mass into a mould cavity of the mould member, wherein the mass feed member is provided with multiple grinder devices, each being arranged at a distinct perpendicular axis position when seen perpendicular to the path of the mould member, said positions each corresponding to the perpendicular axis position of a mould cavity, wherein each grinder device comprises; an orificed grinder body having multiple orifices and a grinding face; a mobile grinder member arranged adjacent the grinding face of the grinder body, each mobile grinder member cooperating with the grinding face of the orificed grinder body; and a grinder drive adapted to move the mobile grinder member, and wherein a grinder device controller is provided to control operation of the multiple grinder devices. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, wherein the installation comprises:
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a pump having at least one pump chamber, an inlet, and an outlet for the foodstuff mass; a pump drive; and a moulding device, the moulding device comprising; a frame; a mould member having multiple mould cavities, each having a filling opening for the introduction of foodstuff mass into the mould cavity, wherein the mould member is movably supported by the frame; a mould member drive for moving the mould member along a path, said path including a fill position of a mould cavity where mass is filled into a mould cavity and a product release position of a mould cavity where a moulded product is released from the mould cavity, wherein the mobile mould member is provided with a pattern of multiple mould cavities with mould cavities at distinct perpendicular axis positions when seen perpendicular to the path of the mould member, and a mass feed member having a chamber with an inlet for foodstuff mass and having a discharge mouth facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member, said inlet of the mass feed member being connected or adapted to be connected to the outlet of the pump, the mass feed member being adapted to transfer the foodstuff mass into a mould cavity of the mould member, wherein the mass feed member comprises multiple mass feed member units, each unit comprising; a housing having a chamber with an inlet for foodstuff mass; and at least one grinder device adapted to subject the foodstuff mass introduced into said chamber to a grinding action, wherein said grinder device comprises; an orificed grinder body having multiple orifices between a grinding face of the grinder body and an opposed face of the grinder body; and a mobile grinder member arranged adjacent the grinding face of the grinder body, each mobile grinder member cooperating with the grinding face of the orificed grinder body. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. An installation for moulding of three dimensional products from a mass of pumpable foodstuff material, wherein the installation comprises:
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a pump having at least one pump chamber, an inlet, and an outlet for the foodstuff mass; a pump drive; and a moulding device, the moulding device comprising; a frame; a mould member having multiple mould cavities, each having a filling opening for the introduction of foodstuff mass into the mould cavity, wherein the mould member is movably supported by the frame; a mould member drive for moving the mould member along a path, said path including a fill position of a mould cavity where mass is filled into a mould cavity and a product release position of a mould cavity where a moulded product is released from the mould cavity; and a mass feed member having a chamber with an inlet for foodstuff mass and having a discharge mouth facing the mould member at the fill position along the path of the mould member, said inlet of the mass feed member being connected or adapted to be connected to the outlet of the pump, the mass feed member being adapted to transfer the foodstuff mass into a mould cavity of the mould member, wherein the mass feed member is provided with at least one grinder device adapted to subject the foodstuff mass to a grinding action, wherein said grinder device comprises; an orificed grinder body having multiple orifices and a grinding face; a mobile grinder member arranged adjacent the grinding face of the grinder body, each mobile grinder member cooperating with the grinding face of the orificed grinder body; a grinder drive adapted to move the mobile grinder member; and a grinder device controller adapted to control operation of the grinder device, and wherein the orificed grinder body comprises a metal or ceramic orificed grinder body part that forms the grinding face of the grinder body, which grinder body part adjoins a plastic orificed mouth body so that said orifices therein form a continuation of orifices in said metal or ceramic orificed grinder body part, said plastic orificed mouth body forming an outlet face that faces the mobile mould member.
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