Title:
METHOD AND MEANS FOR INJECTING FLUID INTO A MEAT PRODUCT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998047382
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A machine (10) for injecting fluid into a meat product has a frame (12) and a meat injection station on the frame (12). An elongated conveyor (14) is mounted on the frame for carrying a meat product towards and through the injection station. A motor (30) is on the frame (12) for operating the conveyor (14). A meat injection head (50) on the frame (12) is located at the injection station and includes a plurality of downwardly extending fluid injection needles (56). A fluid reservoir (52) is mounted on the frame (12) and is connected to a pump (80), with the pump also being connected to the needles. The motor (30) is connected to a power train for moving the needles (56) into and out of a meat product while it is being moved through the injection station by the conveyor (14). A bypass control circuit is on the frame and is connected to the pump (80) and the reservoir (52) for diverting fluid moving towards the needles (56) from the pump (80) in the reservoir (52) when the needles (56) are out of the meat product. A method of injecting fluid into a meat product comprising continuously longitudinally moving a meat product having an upward surface through a meat injection station, and injecting fluid at spaced points over the upper surface into the meat product while the meat product is moving through the meat injection station.
Inventors:
TOWNSEND RAY T
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/007983
Publication Date:
May 14, 1999
Filing Date:
April 22, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOWNSEND ENGINEERING CO (US)
International Classes:
A22C17/00; A23B4/28; A23B4/00; (IPC1-7): A23B4/28
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