Method and apparatus for forming uniform, thinly cohered products from chunks of meat
CA 2178024 C · Owner: Harimex B.V. · Inventors: Schwarz, Gunther; Friske, Morris Herbert; Davies, Peter Hugh
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Apparatus for applying a thin liquid coat to muscle meat comprises a conduit of generally constant cross-section along which the muscle meat is forced under pressure. The conduit has an entry port for the introduction of the liquid and fixed structure is, provided for promoting the relative movement of the meat chunks within the conduit to cause the liquid material to be smeared over the surface of the meat chunks. Suitably the fixed structure comprises at least one zone wherein the cross section differs from that of the conduit. The cross-section of the zone may be characterized by one or more of an increased cross-section area, or by a decreased cross-sectional area or by a different …
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- Filed June 3, 1996 and granted October 7, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 3, 2016.
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