US 4,060,349 AGranted

Continuous flow, oscillating piston meat pump

AssigneeL. P. Machinery Ltd.

InventorLudwig Piereder

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Abstract

The invention relates to a continuous flow meat pump which is in the form of a hollow cylindrical chamber enclosed by a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall. There is an inlet opening in the top wall and an outlet opening in the side wall, and a movable blocking means is disposed over the inlet opening and can be moved to block, alternately, a first portion or a second portion of the inlet opening. A V-shaped wall is included in the chamber to define a V-shaped chamber portion, and the V-shaped chamber portion is disposed underneath the inlet opening. Openings extend through each of the legs of the V-shaped wall, and flap means, freely movable from one leg to another, are included between the legs in the V-shaped chamber portion. The flap means will cover the opening in one leg at any one time. A vane is disposed in the chamber outside of the V-shaped chamber portion and is movable from the outside surface of one leg to the outside surface of the other leg and back again. A vacuum is drawn behind the vane in the direction of travel of the vane. In one stroke of the operation, meat is fed into the chamber between the vane and the leg which the vane is moving away from. When the motion of the vane is reversed, the vane will now be pushing against the meat which had previously been fed into the chamber to push it out through the opening in the leg which the vane is approaching. At the same time, meat will be inserted in that portion of the chamber between the vane and the leg that the vane is moving away from. Thus, in any one stroke, meat is both being fed into the chamber and expelled from the chamber at the same time so that the pumping action is continuous.

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Dependent claims

A continuous flow pump comprising:

a hollow chamber enclosed by a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall;
an inlet opening in said top wall and an outlet opening in said side wall;
blocking means, adjacent said inlet opening, for alternately blocking a first portion of said inlet opening when said blocking means is in a first position, and a second portion of said inlet opening when said blocking means is in a second position;
means for moving the blocking means from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position;
a V-shaped wall, having a right-hand leg and a left-hand leg, within said chamber to define a V-shaped chamber portion within said chamber;
said V-shaped wall having its legs, spaced from each other at either side of the outlet opening in the side wall of the chamber, extending into the chamber towards each other and meeting at an apex disposed in the chamber and spaced from the side wall thereof;
each leg being equal in height to the height of the chamber;
flap means between said legs in the V-shaped chamber portion and being freely movable from one leg to the other;
an opening extending through each one of said legs;
said flap means being disposed to cover the opening in the wall against which it is adjacent;
a vane disposed in said chamber and outside said V-shaped chamber portion and being movable from one position, adjacent said right-hand leg, to a second position adjacent the said left-hand leg, and from the second position to the first position;
means for moving said vane from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position;
said vane extending from the center of the chamber to the side wall thereof;
and
means for providing a space of reduced pressure in said chamber behind said vane in the direction of travel thereof.

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