Apparatus for providing a food product with a thread-like suspension means
AssigneesN.J. Lunenburg B.V., Gerardus L. Trijssenaar
InventorGerardus L. Trijssenaar
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing a food product with a thread-like suspension means comprises a needle for passing the thread loop-like through the food product. Further two gripper means, a cutting means and a connecting device for the thread are provided. Preferably the connecting device comprises an ultrasonic welding head for welding together the ends of a thread section disengaged by the cutting means. The apparatus further comprises curved discs for driving at least some of the operational means.
Claims16
Apparatus for providing a food product, such as meat, with a thread-like suspension means, comprising a needle movable to and fro for passing the thread loop-like through the food product, wherein the needle comprises a thread guide, the thread extending from a thread supply through the thread guide towards the point of the needle and, for defining the loop, at the outside of the needle back again, the apparatus comprising a first gripper means for gripping the thread end projecting from the thread guide and holding it while moving the needle through the food product, a second gripper means for gripping the thread loop after being moved entirely through the food product by means of the needle, a cutting means for cutting the thread between the second gripper and the point of the needle, and a connecting device for connecting the two ends of the thread section disengaged from the supplied thread and held by the gripper means.
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