Device for removing membranes from meat products
AssigneeCardinal Meat Specialists Limited
InventorsJoe Zahra, Cam Beatty, Grant Denison, Brent Cator, Linda O'Hara, Zelia Roque, Ansel Lorde, David Bacon
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Abstract
A device for removing membranes from meat products having a source of pressurized fluid, a fixed upstanding nozzle, a conduit connecting the nozzle to the source of pressurized fluid and a blade connected to the nozzle. The nozzle can be used to direct fluid at the joint between the membrane and the meat product to begin to separate them. The blade means extending from the nozzle facilitates the separation of the membrane from the meat product. The preferred pressurized fluid is air. A method of membrane removal is also known.
Claims18
A device for removing membranes from meat products, said device comprising:
- a source of pressurized fluid;
- a fixed upstanding nozzle means;
- a conduit means connecting the nozzle means to the source of pressurized fluid:
- and
- a blade means connected behind the nozzle means and having a leading edge extending away from the nozzle means;
- wherein the nozzle means directs fluid under the membrane to separate an edge of the same from the meat product, and said blade means facilitates said separation of said membrane from said meat product.
The device for removing membranes as claimed in 5 wherein said nozzle means includes an orifice having a long thin opening to be placed adjacent a joint between said membrane and said meat product to facilitate the insertion of the nozzle means between the membrane and the meat product.
A method of removing membranes from meat products, said method comprising:
- manually positioning said meat products so that an edge of the membrane is exposed to a fixed nozzle having an integral skin separating blade;
- connecting said nozzle to a source of pressurized fluid;
- inserting the nozzle between the membrane and the meat product;
- working the nozzle under the membrane to separate the membrane from the meat product until the skin separating blade is between the membrane and the meat product;
- and
- pulling a partially freed membrane fully off the meat product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.