GB939124A - Apparatus for the automatic production of moulded products from minced meat - Google Patents

Abstract

939,124. Reciprocating mould table machines, G. HELY-JOLY, and J. HELY-JOLY. July 10, 1962, No. 26414/62. Class 87(2). Moulded products of minced meat are produced in an apparatus comprising a tubular frame, which is secured to the delivery end of a conventional mincing machine and which contains a raising screw driven by the feed worm of the mincing machine, and a member, transversely slidable at the end of the frame remote from the mincing machine in which there is a mould cavity which may be moved to a position to receive minced meat or to a position in which the formed beef steak may be ejected. The frame 5 is fixed to the mincer by the connecting member 6, attached to the frame by a set screw, and the ring 7, the flange portion of which engages the shoulder of the member 6. The meat, thoroughly mixed by the screw 8, is introduced into the mould cavity 10b of the member 10 which may be reciprocated, in grooves in the wall 5a, in a direction transverse to the direction of feed. The wall 5a contains a removable transparent window 9. To fill the moulds the member 10 is moved across by means of handle 10a so that the triangular depression 10c on the lower edge of the sliding member co-operates with the spring biased plunger 11a which closes the switch 11 thus actuating the electric motor which drives the mincing machine. When the mould cavity is filled the pressure of the meat forces the resilient pusher 12 down against the plunger 11a which opens the switch 11 thus stopping the mincer. The sliding member is then reciprocated by hand until one end engages one arm of the two-armed lever 14 so that the pad 14a is forced against the beefsteak to eject it from the mould. In a modification the slide may contain 2 moulding cavities so that one may be in the filling position whilst the other is in the discharging position.