Patterned pastry making machine

Claim 1

AN EXTRUSION MACHINE FOR EXTRUDING A PLURALITY OF PASTRY BATTERS OF PLASTIC CONSISTENCY COMPRISING A FRAME; CONTAINER MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINAL COMPARTMENTS DISPOSED ON SAID FRAME AND HAVING A FRONT END WALL HAVING OUTLET APERTURES THEREIN FOR PERMITTING PASSAGE OF PROPELLED BATTER THROUGH SAID APERTURES; PROPELLING MEANS MOVINGLY DISPOSED IN SAID COMPARTMENTS FOR PROPELLING PASTRY BATTER THEREIN TOWARD SAID APERTURES; PASTRY PATTERN DIE MEANS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SEPARATELY THE PASTRY FROM EACH COMPARTMENT AND TO EMIT A COMPOSITE EXTRUDED ROD HAVING A DIE PATTERN; MOTOR MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PROPELLING MEANS; AND CONDUITS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID OUTLET APERTURES TO SAID DIE MEANS WHEREBY THE PROPELLING FORCE OF EACH OF SAID PROPELLING MEANS FORCES THE PASTRY BATTER INTO SAID RESPECTIVE CONDUITS AND THENCE INTO AND THROUGH SAID DIE MEANS, SAID CONTAINER MEANS BEING A HORIZONTAL RECTANGULAR BOX SEPARATED BY INTEGRAL LONGITUDINAL PARTITIONS INTO COMPARTMENTS AND A HINGED COVER DISPOSED OVER SAID COMPARTMENTS SECURED TO SAID CONTAINER MEANS AND ADAPTED TO FORM A TOP COMPARTMENT WALL FOR EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, SAID PROPELLING MEANS BEING A LONGITUDINALLY MOVABLE PLUNGER DISPOSED IN EACH OF SAID COMPARTMENTS; A SPIRALLY THREADED ROD SECURED TO EACH PLUNGER; A GEAR HAVING A SPIRALLY GROOVED APERTURE TO RECEIVE SAID ROD, THREADINGLY MOUNTED ON SAID ROD; WALL MEANS SECURED TO SAID FRAME AND CAPTIVELY ENGAGING EACH GEAR ON BOTH ENDS THEREOF TO PREVENT LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT, WHEREBY ROTATION OF SAID GEAR MOVES SAID ROD AND PLUNGER LONGITUDINALLY; CAP MEANS HAVING A ROLLER ON ONE SIDE MOUNTED ON THE ONE END OF EACH ROD REMOTE FROM EACH PLUNGER; A CURVED SHOE HORIZONTALLY MOUNTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID CAP MEANS; U-CHANNEL MEANS SECURED TO SAID WALL MEANS AND CAPTIVELY ENGAGING SAID ROLLER; AND A PAIR OF MICROSWITCHES SECURED IN SUITABLE SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CHANNEL MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR SUCCESSIVE OPERATION BY EACH SHOE WHEREBY THE FORWARD AND REARWARD TRAVEL OF SAID PLUNGER IS LIMITED BY THE OPERATION OF SAID MICROSWITCHES.