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US 11,006,643 B2Granted
Meat processing devices to control meat slab dimensions
AssigneeGundlach & Rattmann Consulting, LLC
InventorsLarry Chester Gundlach, James Allen Rattmann
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Abstract
A meat processing device for defining a uniform shape of a pork belly, and including a frame, a shoulder defining a confinement space with the frame, and a tine and a retaining member for securing the meat in the confinement space.
Claims12
A meat processing device comprising:
- a frame having a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a shoulder joined to the first end portion of the frame to at least partially define a confinement space with the frame and the shoulder defines a notch;
- a frame tine joined to and extending outwardly from the frame and into the confinement space;
- and
- a retaining member removably disposed in the pin notch.
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A meat processing device comprising:
- a frame having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a central portion;
- a flange joined to the frame;
- a first shoulder joined to the first end portion of the frame, and the first shoulder defines a pin notch;
- a second shoulder joined to the frame, and the second shoulder defines a pin notch;
- at least a portion of each of the first shoulder and the second shoulder extends away from the central portion of the frame to at least partially define with the frame and the flange an outwardly tapered confinement space;
- a frame tine joined to and extending outwardly from the frame and partially across the outwardly tapered confinement space;
- and
- a retaining member removably extending between and disposed in the first shoulder pin notch and the second shoulder pin notch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.