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US 7,070,495 B2Granted
Meat rolling device and method for treating meat
OwnerFranz Kindermanninventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a more efficient method for treating meat. In one embodiment, a rolling device includes several rolling units comprising in turn several rollers. To optimize the treatment process, sheeting with a degree of play is placed over the rolling units. Smoothing rollers can be provided at the end of the meat treatment nip.
Claims20
A meat rolling device including
- at least two rolling mechanisms each having at least two parallel rollers, wherein the at least two rolling mechanisms are facing each other with formation of a nip, through which a piece of meat to be processed can be conveyed,
- wherein processing teeth on the surface of the rolling mechanisms extend substantially parallel to roller axes of the rollers, and each processing tooth has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of a processing tooth is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the second surface of another processing tooth adjacent in a circumferential direction of the rolling mechanism, and wherein a band-like configured envelope respectively surrounds each rolling mechanism on an outer circumference thereof.
A method for tendering meat using a meat rolling device as recited in claimed 1, the method comprising:
- conveying a piece of meat to be processed through the nip;
- portion-wise gripping the piece of meat to be processed by a tooth edge of each rolling mechanism provided with the processing teeth,
- pressing the gripped portion of meat by a tooth side adjoining the tooth edge, and
- stretching the pressed portion of meat by hooking-in with the tooth edge and controlling the stretching by adjusting backlash of the envelopes around the rolling mechanisms.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.