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US 2006/0134283 A1Published application
Automated machine and related methods for seasoning meat
AssigneeBaupost Group LLC
InventorsKeith Fetterhoof, Cloyd Bowsman
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Abstract
The invention, in various embodiments, is directed to machines related methods for automatedly coating a sample with a particulate. In some embodiments, the sample is a food product, such as poultry, and the particulate includes a seasoning, such as salt.
Claims27
An automated machine for seasoning poultry comprising,
- a housing having sides for containing, at least in part, the seasoning, and apertures at entrance and exit ends sufficiently large to enable poultry to pass into, through and out of the housing via a conveyor mechanism, and
- a seasoning projecting mechanism disposed in the housing for projecting seasoning contained within the housing at the poultry as it passes between the entrance and exit apertures.
A method for automatedly seasoning poultry comprising,
- passing poultry via an automated conveyor into a housing,
- as the poultry passes through the housing, automatedly projecting salt the poultry in such as way as to concurrently coat both internal and external surfaces of the poultry, and
- passing the poultry out of the housing via the automated conveyor subsequent to seasoning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.