Title: Apparatus for making filled food products

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making filled products of various shapes and sizes and the products. The products can be toroidal, rings of interconnected knobs, crescent-shaped, spherical or other shapes, each having one or more discrete spots or globs of filling material within. The filling material can be injected in any direction without the product, for example, sidewise along the midline of a toroidal product, or radial in the toroidal product. The amount of filling material and its location within the product can be varied. The filling material flow is controlled by positive and negative pressure.

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Inventors: Belshaw, Thomas E. (Seattle, WA, US)
Woodworth, Fred G. (Seattle, WA, US)
Wilke, Wilbur D. (Seattle, WA, US)

Application Number: 510561
Filing Date: 1974-09-30
Publication_date: 1976-03-30
Assignee: Belshaw Bros., Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Primary Class(es): 425/132 425/133.1, 425/287
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US Patent Ref:

573432	Dec, 1896	Megson	425/133.
2313060	Mar, 1943	Friedman	425/132.
2803041	Aug, 1957	Hill et al.	425/132.
3452687	Jul, 1969	Kaneko et al.	425/132.
3605641	Sep, 1971	Shuster	99/450.
3653336	Apr, 1972	Kaneko et al.	425/132.

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Primary Examiner: Husar, Francis S.
Assistant Examiner: Safran, David S.
Attorney: Seed, Berry, Vernon & Baynham