Apparatus for tenderizing meat
OwnerJohn B. Longinventor
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Abstract
Tenderized meat of good quality and uniformity is obtained by supporting meat in a tank along a hemispherical wall equidistant from an explosive charge, and detonating the explosive. The shock wave produced is propagated through the water within the tank, couples with the meat to compress the meat as the shock wave strikes the meat, and then is reflected by the tank wall to effect a substantial doubling of the shock wave effect.
Claims13
In an apparatus for tenderizing meat by means of an explosive charge, comprising a liquid and meat holding tank, means for supporting an explosive charge within said tank, and cover means for said tank, the improvement comprising
- doubling means for effecting a substantial doubling of a shock wave created by explosion of said explosive charge which passes through the meat and is then reflected to pass through the meat a second time in an opposite direction, said doubling means comprising support means in the form of a shock reflecting wall for supporting said meat located substantially equidistant from the locus of the explosive charge.
An apparatus for tenderizing meat within an evacuated container within a bath of inert liquid using an explosive charge comprising:
- a tank for containing a bath of inert liquid, said tank having a shock reflecting wall and means for supporting said meat in slabs against said shock reflecting wall at locations substantially equidistant from a detonation site within said tank;
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- means for detonating an explosive at the detonation site to creates shock wave which propagates through said liquid and passes through the meat, and then is reflected from said shock reflecting wall to achieve a substantial doubling of the shock wave.
Tenderized meat having a substantially uniform degree of tenderization through its thickness and having broken connecting fibers without substantial rupture of meat cell walls, said tenderized meat being made by the process of immersing one or more slabs of substantially boneless meat contained within an evacuated container, in an explosion retaining tank containing a bath of inert liquid, including supporting said meat within said evacuated container against a hard shock reflecting wall within said liquid at locations substantially equidistant from the site of an explosive charge, and detonating said explosive charge within said liquid in said tank to generate and apply a shock front pressure wave propagated through the liquid to pass through said meat, and then reflect from said shock reflecting wall back through the meat to intersect with an incoming shock wave to achieve a substantial doubling of the shock wave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.