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US 2006/0234614 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for removing fat and skin from meat parts
AssigneeTownsend Engineering Company
InventorsBrent Veldkamp, Jarrod Grim, Robert Seaberg, Colin Hart, Paul Joynt
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for removing skin and fat from meat parts, a tooth roll assembly attached to a frame and a trimming blade assembly attached to an adjustable frame where the position of the trimming blade assembly is adjusted in relation to the tooth roll assembly based upon the thickness of a layer of fat of the meat part.
Claims21
A device for removing fat and skin from a meat part, comprising:
- a tooth roll assembly having a tooth roll, a shoe, a skinning blade, and a clamp, the tooth roll assembly mounted to a frame;
- a trimming blade assembly having a trimming blade, the trimming blade assembly positioned in spaced relation to the tooth roll assembly wherein the spacing between the tooth roll assembly and the trimming blade assembly is adjustable based upon a thickness of a layer of fat from the meat part;
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- wherein the tooth roll assembly has a nip roll wherein the layer of fat is drawn between the shoe and the nip roll to force the nip roll away from the shoe.
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A method for removing fat and skin from a meat part comprising the steps of:
- providing a machine having a tooth roll assembly and an adjustable trimming blade assembly;
- placing the meat part on the machine;
- adjusting a position of the trimming blade assembly in relation to the tooth roll assembly based upon a thickness of a layer of fat from the meat part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.