Method and an apparatus for thawing frozen meat
AssigneeCozzini LLC
InventorBjarne Nielsen
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Abstract
A method of thawing meat frozen in meat blocks for initial separation of the meat block before the meat block is placed in a rotating container is provided. The meat block being subjected to pressure before treated in the rotating container, said pressure initiating a separation process of the meat block into individual pieces. This pressure may be applied over the diagonals of the meat block. The invention also comprises an apparatus for performing the method, said apparatus comprising a number of pistons which either cooperate in pairs or cooperate with a firm opposite face for applying pressure to the meat block. The faces of the pistons may be plane, or they may comprise elevations or depressions as well as adapted to act over at least one of the diagonals of the meat block.
Claims19
1-9. (canceled)
A method for thawing a plurality of pieces of meat frozen in meat blocks, comprising:
- receiving a block of meat comprising a plurality of pieces of meat frozen together in combination;
- applying pressure to the block from a first piston that is disposed to engage the meat block from a first direction;
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- applying pressure to the block from a second piston that is disposed to engage the block from a second direction, wherein the second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the pressure applied by the block from the first and second pistons is configured to initiate a thawing process of the block.
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