Meat massaging machine

A machine for massaging a solution into pieces of meat, comprising:

• a pressurizable housing having a generally cylindrical body with an axis inclined to a horizontal and axially opposite ends;
• a massaging blade shaft extending along said axis and journaled in respective bearings at said ends;
• respective arms axially and angularly spaced about said shaft, secured to said shaft and extending radially therefrom;
• a cylindrical receptacle in said housing coaxial with said body and receiving a treatment solution and pieces of meat to be massaged with said solution, said arms being located and oriented so as to retard movement of pieces of meat from an upper end of said receptacle toward a lower end of said receptacle while massaging said solution into said pieces of meat;
• an inlet chute at an upper one of said ends of said housing provided with a pressure-sealing hatch and an outlet chute provided with a pressure-sealing hatch at a lower one of said ends of said housing for respectively introducing said pieces of meat to be massaged into said housing and said receptacle and for discharging massaged pieces of meat from said receptacle and said housing;
• means forming a refrigerant compartment around said receptacle for chilling said solution and said pieces of meat;
• a layer of insulation interposed between said compartment and said housing;
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• a refrigerating unit for compressing and dissipating compression heat from a refrigerant connected to said compartment in a refrigerant recirculating path.