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PATTY MACHINE

  • US 3,800,362 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1971
  • Issued: 04/02/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a patty machine comprising a mold plate having portions defining a mold cavity therein, means for reciprocating said mold plate between charging and discharging positions means at said charging position for charging said cavity with a product, means for holding a supply of said product, and means for conveying said product from said holding means to said charging means, the improvement comprising:

  • a. a pivotally mounted rocker arm, b. a rotatably mounted drive shaft, c. means for rocking said pivotally mounted rocker arm with a reciprocating movement back and forth about the axis of pivotal mounting thereof, d. one-way clutch means interconnecting said rocker arm and said drive shaft, e. said one-way clutch means causing intermittent rotation of said drive shaft about the axis of rotation thereof in one direction in response to rocking motion of said rocker arm in one direction while being ineffective to transmit rotational movement to said drive shaft in an opposite direction whereby said drive shaft is driven with a unidirectional intermittent rotation, and f. means for transmitting said intermittent, unidirectional rotation of said drive shaft to said conveying means.

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