초록 ▼

Apparatus for the simultaneous extrusion from an extrusion discharge station of multiple streams of a food product having fibers therein, from a single mass of the food product, where the desired product spacing between the streams at the extrusion discharge station is less then the greatest expecte

Apparatus for the simultaneous extrusion from an extrusion discharge station of multiple streams of a food product having fibers therein, from a single mass of the food product, where the desired product spacing between the streams at the extrusion discharge station is less then the greatest expected fiber length. Converging extrusion channels communicate at a channel entry station with a feed container which holds and directs the flow of the mass of food product, and the distance of closest spacing between the extrusion channels at the channel entry station is greater than the average expected fiber length. Bridging of food fibers between adjacent extrusion channels at the entry station is avoided by the large channel entry spacing, while the decreasing distance between the converging channels allows the food product streams at the extrusion discharge station to be spaced at a desired product spacing less then the greatest expected fiber length. Uniform flow of the food mass into the channel entry station is promoted by the use of a converging/diverging flow path in the feed container.

대표청구항 ▼

Apparatus for the simultaneous extrusion at an extrusion discharge station of at least two streams of a food product from a single mass of the food product, the food product having fibers therein with a greatest expected fiber length and an average fiber length, and the minimum desired product spaci

Apparatus for the simultaneous extrusion at an extrusion discharge station of at least two streams of a food product from a single mass of the food product, the food product having fibers therein with a greatest expected fiber length and an average fiber length, and the minimum desired product spacing between the streams at the extrusion discharge station being less than the greatest expected fiber length, the apparatus comprising: container means for containing the mass of the food product; and at least two extrusion channels communicating with said container means at a channel entry station, each of said channels having a spacing from all other channels at the channel entry station of greater than the average fiber length, said channels being convergently arranged so that the distance between the channels at the extrusion discharge station is the desired product spacing.