US 12,004,519 B2
Food forming concept
Hendrikus Petrus Gerardus Van Gerwen, Someren (NL); and Petrus Hubertus Maria Schoenmakers, Gennep (NL)
Assigned to GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V., Bakel (NL)
Filed by GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V., Bakel (NL)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,857.
Application 16/139,204 is a division of application No. 14/764,664, granted, now 10,182,575, previously published as PCT/EP2014/052050, filed on Feb. 3, 2014.
Application 17/118,857 is a continuation of application No. 16/139,204, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, granted, now 10,893,678.
Claims priority of application No. 13153652 (EP), filed on Feb. 1, 2013; application No. 13163855 (EP), filed on Apr. 16, 2013; application No. 13169224 (EP), filed on May 24, 2013; and application No. 13188962 (EP), filed on Oct. 16, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0092962 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A23P 30/10 (2016.01); A21C 5/00 (2006.01); A22C 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/30 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC A21C 5/003 (2013.01) [A22C 7/0069 (2013.01); A22C 7/0038 (2013.01); A23P 30/10 (2016.08); B29C 31/006 (2013.01); B29C 33/305 (2013.01); B29C 33/3814 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a mould drum comprising one or more product cavities, the mould drum comprising a first front end and a second front end;
a forming apparatus, which utilizes the mould drum to form food products from a food mass;
a cleaning apparatus, which cleans the mould drum after forming the food products, the cleaning apparatus is remote from the forming apparatus; and
a movable unit that is configured to transport the mould drum from the forming apparatus to the cleaning apparatus, and vice versa;
wherein the system comprises a support structure and a spindle, the spindle comprises a rod-shaped element having a first end that is attached to the support structure and an opposing second end that is configured to be inserted into an inner opening of the mould drum;
wherein the support structure and the spindle are removably attached to the forming apparatus during production and are removably attached to the movable unit during the transport of the mould drum,
wherein the support structure is configured to be attached to the forming apparatus so that the mould drum rotates around the spindle while the spindle and the support structure are fixed from rotating during the production.