IP Library Granted Patent US 9,022,772
Granted Patent B2
US 9,022,772 · App. 13/374,422 · Granted May 5, 2015

Fiber orienting technology for a fill plate

Inventor: James B. Wolff (Portland, OR)
Assignee: Formtec, LLC
A22C7/00A23L1/0073A23L1/0076A22C17/00
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Patent No.
US 9,022,772
App. No.
13/374,422
Granted
May 5, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.

Claims (5)

1. A fill plate for a food patty molding machine comprising a multiplicity of orifices which are comprised of a sphere intersecting a cylinder configured to create a venturi effect.

2. The fill plate for a food patty molding machine of claim 1 , wherein said fill plate has a coating on a side adjacent to a stripper plate which is of a thickness to facilitate cutting of moldable food product fibers in a perpendicular cut.

3. The fill plate of claim 2 , wherein said coating is chrome coated.

4. The fill plate of claim 2 , wherein said cutting is due to movement of said stripper plate.

5. A fill plate comprising a multiplicity of orifices; said orifices are comprised of a sphere which intersects cylinder, in which ratio of diameter of said sphere and diameter of said cylinder are of a ratio to create a venturi effect on moldable food product as it passes through the fill plate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2014
From: SPHERICAL IP, LLC.
To: FORMTEC, LLC.
Reel/Frame 032816/0845 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2013
From: WOLFF, JAMES B.
To: SPHERICAL IP, LLC.
Reel/Frame 031807/0626 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 13199910 · Sep 12, 2011
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