Abstract: An apparatus for macerating meat-type products includes a pair of counterrotating shafts, each of which contains a one-piece arbor having an integral assembly of alternating radially projecting and axially extending teeth members and spacer members. A plurality of open channels are defined by the spacer members disposed between adjacent radially projecting teeth members. Each of the teeth members has a peripheral outer edge which penetrates the products passing through the counterrotating arbors in the axial plane.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 26, 1990
Date of Patent:
September 8, 1992
Assignee:
Oscar Mayer Foods Crporation
Inventors:
James E. Anderson, Gary R. Skaar, Paul H. Bernthal, Larry C. Gundlach