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US 11,684,209 B2Granted
Meat grill installation
Assignee3D Food Machinery B.V.
InventorMichael Ros
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Assignee3D Food Machinery B.V.
InventorMichael Ros
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A meat grill installation for preparing large quantities of meat, and a method of preparing such large quantities of meat. Embodiments of the meat installation comprise various features, including a detachable horizontal cylindrical carrier comprising a series of meat fixators, a motor, heaters, at least two position adapters for maintaining each individual heater at a predetermined distance from the cylindrical carrier, at least one temperature sensor, a conveyer belt located underneath the cylindrical carrier for receiving and transporting heated meat, a cutter for removing a slice of a predetermined thickness of meat from the detachable cylindrical carrier, and at least one controller for driving the motor, for maintaining and/or adapting a temperature of each individual heater, for driving the at least two position adapters, for receiving the sensor output, for providing feedback to at least one heater, and for controlling thickness of slices of meat.
A meat grill installation comprising:
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Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits: with food supports arranged on wheels or spiders…
Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits: with conveyors moving in a horizontal or an…
Cutting or shaping meat: cutting slices out of a piece of meat
Roasting apparatus with movably-mounted food supports or with movable heating implements; Spits: with food supports rotating about a horizontal axis
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This application claims priority to Netherlands Patent Application No. 2023386, entitled “Meat Grill Installation”, filed on Jun. 26, 2019, and the specification and claims thereof are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention is in the field of a meat grill installation for preparing large quantities of meat, and a method of preparing such large quantities of meat. Typically, meat may be prepared by heating in an oven, in a stove or in a pan, to a temperature sufficient to cook the meat. Meat may be fully cooked or partly cooked.
Meat comprises water, protein, and fat. It may be eaten raw, but normally it is cooked and often seasoned as well. Unprocessed meat may have health risks due to infection with and decomposition by bacteria and fungi. It is therefore best cooled, or frozen, and thereafter processed quickly.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and form a part of the specification, illustrate one or more embodiments of the present invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. The drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating one or more embodiments of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is an illustration from a perspective view of a meat grill installation according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an illustration of a cross-sectional side view of a meat grill installation according to an embodiment of the present installation;
Embodiments of the present invention relate in a first aspect to an installation according to claim 1.
In an exemplary embodiment of the meat grill installation according to the present invention, the meat grill installation further comprises at least three in height adaptable supports, wherein the height of the supports is controlled by the at least one controller, and wherein the conveyor belt, at least one sensor, and cutting element are attached to the at least three supports.
In another embodiment, the meat grill installation further comprises at least one water supply, preferably at least one water supply at each side, for adapting a water content of the meat, and/or comprising at least one steam supply 56, preferably at least one steam supply at each side, for adapting a temperature of the meat. These supplies are typically directed towards the to be processed meat, i.e. in a direction parallel to a radius of the cylindrical element.