Claims
- 1. Apparatus for processing foodstuff material comprising
- a drum which has a heatable arcuate outer surface and is rotatable in a desired direction about the axis of said outer surface,
- an associated compression plate having a heatable arcuate surface which is configured so as to be substantially equidistant throughout to the opposing portion of said outer surface of said drum when said surfaces are juxtaposed spaced apart at a distance desired for processing foodstuff material therebetween,
- said plate being moveable with respect to said drum into said juxtaposed, spaced-apart relationship, and out of said relationship with the end of said plate which the advancing drum surface first passes under when said drum rotates in a desired direction being moveable away from said drum while the other end of said plate remains pivotally fixed in substantially the same spaced-apart position with respect to said drum,
- motion means for rotating said drum in said desired direction,
- and means for moving said plate into said juxtaposed spaced-apart relationship and out of said relationship.
- 2. The apparatus described in claim 1 wherein said outer surface of said drum is cylindrical and said surface of said plate describes an arc of a circle.
- 3. The apparatus described in claim 1 including means for heating said surface of said drum, and means for heating said surface on said compression plate.
- 4. The apparatus described in claim 2 including means for heating said surface of said drum, and means for heating said surface on said compression plate.
- 5. The apparatus described in claim 3 comprising means for moving said drum in step motion.
- 6. The apparatus described in claim 4 comprising means for moving said drum in step motion.
- 7. The apparatus described in claim 5 including means for moving said compression plate into said juxtaposed spaced-apart relationship when said drum is in the stop phase of said step motion, and for moving said compression plate out of said relationship by one of its ends being so moved when said drum is in a phase of step motion other than said stop phase.
- 8. The apparatus described in claim 6 including means for moving said compression plate into said juxtaposed spaced-apart relationship when said drum is in the stop phase of said step motion, and for moving said compression plate out of said relationship by one of its ends being so moved when said drum is in a phase of step motion other than said stop phase.
- 9. The apparatus described in claim 7 including feed means for inserting masses of foodstuff material into the region between said plate and said surface of said drum at the side of said drum from which said drum moves, and scraper means for removing compressed foodstuff material from said drum at the side thereof toward which said drum moves.
- 10. The apparatus described in claim 8 including feed means for inserting masses of foodstuff material into the region between said plate and said surface of said drum at the side of said drum from which said drum moves, and scraper means for removing compressed foodstuff material from said drum at the side thereof toward which said drum moves.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This Application is a Continuation-In-Part Application of Application Ser. No. 849,890, filed Nov. 9, 1977, now abandoned.
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