Method and apparatus for evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products
AssigneeTownsend Engineering Company
InventorJohn A. Kish
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products involves the structure and use of a machine which has a longitudinal movable conveyor surface on the machine; a fluid injection station on the machine for injecting fluid into a meat product on the conveyor surface; a second station on the machine downstream of the fluid injection station; the second station comprising an assembly for applying compressive pressure to the injected meat and penetrating the meat with a plurality of projecting elements to create a plurality of fluid conduits in the injected meat wherein the compressive pressure will force fluid out of the injected meat through the fluid conduits when the projecting elements penetrate the pockets of fluid.
Claims19
A method of evacuating pockets of injected fluid in meat products, comprising,
- taking a quantity of meat that has been injected with fluid and wherein pockets of fluid have accumulated in the meat,
- applying compressive pressure to the injected meat and penetrating the meat with a plurality of projecting elements to create a plurality of fluid conduits in the injected meat wherein the compressive pressure will force fluid out of the injected meat through the fluid conduits when the projecting elements penetrate the pockets of fluid.
A meat injection machine, comprising,
- a longitudinal movable conveyor surface on the machine;
- a fluid injection station on the machine for injecting fluid into a meat product on the conveyor surface,
- a second station on the machine downstream of the fluid injection station,
- means at the second station for applying compressive pressure to the injected meat and for penetrating the meat with a plurality of projecting elements to create a plurality of fluid conduits in the injected meat wherein the compressive pressure will force fluid out of the injected meat through the fluid conduits when the projecting elements penetrate the pockets of fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.