Fiber orienting technology for a fill plate
An apparatus and method for accelerating food product in order to cause the product to be stretched aligning the fibers of the product.
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.