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A meat patty molding machine having a base plate with an opening therethrough and a fill plate rotatably mounted in the base plate opening. A meat feeder forces meat up through openings in the fill plate. A mold plate defines a disk-shaped mold cavity and is mounted to move laterally between a fill

A meat patty molding machine having a base plate with an opening therethrough and a fill plate rotatably mounted in the base plate opening. A meat feeder forces meat up through openings in the fill plate. A mold plate defines a disk-shaped mold cavity and is mounted to move laterally between a fill position with its disk-shaped mold cavity in communication with the fill plate and a patty discharge position with the disk-shaped mold cavity away from the fill plate. A drive means rotates the fill plate relative to the mold plate, and the fill plate rotated relative to a stationary cutting blade positioned to cut meat fibers at the upstream surface of the fill plate during filling. By forming the patty while rotating the fill plate relative to the remainder of the mold, a meat patty is formed having longitudinal strands of meat disposed in a substantially circular pattern around the patty axis.

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A meat patty molding machine comprising: a fill plate having a substantially flat surface thereon and having openings therethrough, said fill plate being rotatably mounted to a base plate and substantially circular with a gear surface therearound; means for defining a disk shaped mold cavity on said

A meat patty molding machine comprising: a fill plate having a substantially flat surface thereon and having openings therethrough, said fill plate being rotatably mounted to a base plate and substantially circular with a gear surface therearound; means for defining a disk shaped mold cavity on said fill plate; means for feeding meat through said fill plate openings into the defined mold cavity; and a gear drive engaging said fill plate gear surface for rotating one of said fill plate or said mold cavity defining means relative to the other during feeding of said meat.