# US 7,607,600 B2 · Meat shredder

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- Number: US 7,607,600 B2
- Document ID: US7607600B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/898,572
- Filed: 2007-09-13
- Published: 2009-03-19
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2007-09-13
- Inventors: Martin Salgado; Marisol Salgado
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7607600B2

## CPC

- B02C 18/145: {with knives spaced axially and circumferentially on the periphery of a cylindrical rotor unit}
- A22C 17/0026: {Mincing and grinding meat (mincing machines B02C18/30)}
- B02C 18/16: Details
- B02C 18/18: Knives; Mountings thereof
- B02C 18/2291: {Feed chute arrangements}
- B02C 2018/162: {Shape or inner surface of shredder-housings}
- B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02})
- A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00)

## Abstract

The meat shredder includes a hopper made from stainless steel or other suitable stainless, food-safe, non-corrosive and easily to clean material. The hopper has a cover that can be releasably latched to the open top of the hopper. The hopper is rotatably mounted on a stand. A motor is attached to one side of the hopper and has a shaft that extends into the hopper. A spindle is mounted on the shaft and disposed inside the hopper. Rows of triangular-shaped extend radially from the spindle, with adjacent rows being canted in opposite directions. The motor rotates the spindle to shred the meat. A handle may be attached to the motor and used to manually rotate both the motor and the hopper on the stand to shake up or redistribute the meat within the hopper for thorough shredding.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A meat shredder, comprising:
a hopper defining an open interior region adapted for receiving meat to be shredded, the hopper having an open top;
a stand, the hopper being horizontally disposed on and pivotally mounted to the stand;
a motor fixedly attached to the hopper, the motor having a selectively rotatable shaft extending into the interior region of the hopper for 360° rotation therewith;
a spindle coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith, the spindle being disposed within the hopper;
a plurality of blades extending radially from the spindle, the blades being disposed in a plurality of rows extending axially along the spindle, wherein the blades in alternate rows of said plurality of rows are canted in opposite directions; and
a hand crank removably attachable to the motor, the hand crank manually rotating the motor and the hopper together as a unit for 360° on the stand for agitating and redistributing meat in the hopper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 1, wherein said blades are triangular in shape.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 1, further comprising a bracket attached to said motor, said hand crank being removably attachable to the bracket.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 3, further comprising a motor control unit attached to said bracket and electrically connected to said motor for selectively controlling rotation of the shaft and the spindle attached to the shaft.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 4, further comprising a cover releasably disposed over and selectively covering the open top of said hopper.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 5, further comprising at least one latch releasably securing the cover over the open top of said hopper.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The meat shredder as recited in claim 5, further comprising a gripping handle mounted to an upper surface of the cover.