Coacting Toothed Plates Patents (Class 452/144)
  • Publication number: 20150037475
    Abstract: A method for mass-production butchering of a chuck roll of beef includes: sectioning the chuck roll anterior to and generally parallel to the first rib to separate a neck portion thereof from a remainder thereof; sectioning the remainder into a first portion and a second portion substantially along a natural seam, the first portion comprising rhomboideus, spinalis dorsi, and serratus ventralis muscles, and the second portion comprising multifidus dorsi, complexus, and longissimus dorsi muscles; sectioning the first portion to substantially remove the rhomboideus and the spinalis dorsi therefrom, leaving a denuded serratus ventralis; sectioning the serratus ventralis into a first set of separate portions. The method may further include: sectioning the second portion into a second set of separate portions, each separate portion in the second set including the multifidus dorsi, complexus, and longissimus dorsi muscles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Lobel's Enterprises, LLC
    Inventor: Stanley Lobel
  • Patent number: 8888570
    Abstract: An improved meat tenderizing appliance for domestic use in which both mechanical and chemical tenderizing processes are implemented in an easily cleaned, handheld unit operated by the mechanical movement of the device. A small pump is operated through the downward motion of the device. Pressure generated from the pump, as a result of the downward motion, forces the injection solution through a manifold of specially designed needles that administer micro-cuts into the meat and inject the solution. The needles are designed as heavy duty stainless steel with flutes that have sharp edges to produce the micro-cuts in the meat and to strengthen the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Doyle Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: William Doyle
  • Patent number: 8574043
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a lower support structure that carries either a food slicing plate or a meat tenderizing plate, an upper structure that carries either a food plunger plate or a meat tenderizing plate; said lower and upper structures being connected with a floating hinge and including a handle such that a user may pull the two structures together such that their respective plates either tenderize or slice food depending on the plates positioned thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventors: Samuel G. Zean, Eunice K. Ndorleh Zean
  • Publication number: 20120270485
    Abstract: An improved meat tenderizing appliance for domestic use in which both mechanical and chemical tenderizing processes are implemented in an easily cleaned, handheld unit operated by the mechanical movement of the device. A small pump is operated through the downward motion of the device. Pressure generated from the pump, as a result of the downward motion, forces the injection solution through a manifold of specially designed needles that administer micro-cuts into the meat and inject the solution. The needles are designed as heavy duty stainless steel with flutes that have sharp edges to produce the micro-cuts in the meat and to strengthen the needle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: William Doyle
  • Publication number: 20120231717
    Abstract: A food processing apparatus including a lower support structure that carries either a food slicing plate or a meat tenderizing plate, an upper structure that carries either a food plunger plate or a meat tenderizing plate; said lower and upper structures being connected with a floating hinge and including a handle such that a user may pull the two structures together such that their respective plates either tenderize or slice food depending on the plates positioned thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Samuel G. Zean, Eunice K. Ndorleh Zean
  • Publication number: 20080286425
    Abstract: A machine for the continuous marination of meat products massages the meat pieces in marinade and the marinade in contact with the meat pieces at all times during the marinating process. The apparatus includes a rotating cylindrical drum made from a series of adjacent longitudinal, sawtooth-shaped internal vanes. The vanes are segmented by longitudinally spaced dividers forming compartments in the drum, with periodic transfer sections to urge the meat and marinade mixture from one compartment to the next as the drum is rotated. The drum may be rotated in one direction for approximately one revolution at a high RPM, and then stopped and rotated in the other direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: John Malcolm Lennox, III
  • Patent number: 7037186
    Abstract: It comprises a bench (12) supporting a longitudinal propping floor (1) provided with means to make said meat pieces are intermittently moved forwards along it, at least a tenderizing group (6) provided with sabres (7) uprightly moveable to stab the meat pieces on the floor (1) and at least a hammering group (4) provided with a stamping member (5) uprightly moveable to hit the meat pieces on said floor (1), said intermittently moving forwards means, said hammering group (4) and said tenderizing group (6) being connected to independent driving means (19, 10a, 10b) controlled in a coordinated and independent way so that said sabres (7) and stamping member (5) operate when the meat pieces are stopped and are withdrawn when the same are moving forwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Metalquimia, S.A.
    Inventor: NarcĂ­s Lagares Corominas
  • Patent number: 6908375
    Abstract: The present invention 10 discloses a marinating tray 12 with a plurality of vertically extending spikes 14 that allow for the placement of a meat product 16 or the like thereon to provide for an area where perforation and separation of cellular bonds may be accomplished. The present invention 10 has a plurality of spaced apart vertically extending spikes 14 and side walls 18 surrounding the periphery of the bottom tray 20 to allow for the containment of a marinade or seasoning therein and about the vertically extending spikes to produce an improved and penetrating marinating process. The present invention 10 also has a concave area 18 therein. In an alternate embodiment, the present invention 10 may take the shape of a chicken leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventor: Ala J Kadhim
  • Publication number: 20040152406
    Abstract: It comprises a bench (12) supporting a longitudinal propping floor (1) provided with means to make said meat pieces are intermittently moved forwards along it, at least a tenderizing group (6) provided with sabres (7) uprightly moveable to stab the meat pieces on the floor (1) and at least a hammering group (4) provided with a stamping member (5) uprightly moveable to hit the meat pieces on said floor (1), said intermittently moving forwards means, said hammering group (4) and said tenderizing group (6) being connected to independent driving means (19, 10a, 10b) controlled in a coordinated and independent way so that said sabres (7) and stamping member (5) operate when the meat pieces are stopped and are withdrawn when the same are moving forwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Narcis Lagares Corominas
  • Patent number: 6110034
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for rapidly tenderizing meats such as poultry meats includes clamping the meat between plates to prevent contraction and toughening of the meat muscles and chilling, thereby alleviating long holding and refrigeration, as is the current practice. In an alternate embodiment, the apparatus may be automated to tenderize meat continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: John A. Cason, James A. Dickens, Clyde E. Lyon
  • Patent number: 5746649
    Abstract: An assembly and method are disclosed for separating the muscle tissue of meat from sinew. A plurality of elongate pins which are spaced from each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the pins pierce the meat from which the sinew is to be removed to restrain the sinew against movement, and a compressive force is imparted to the muscle tissue by a compression assembly while the sinew is being restrained against movement. The force which is imparted to the muscle tissue separates the muscle tissue from the sinew and causes the muscle tissue to move away from the restrained sinew and through the spaces between the pins. With the assembly and method of the invention it is possible to remove significant and substantial portions of the sinew from the meat being processed, and to reduce the fat in the muscle tissue to as little as less than 1-11/2 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Kraft Foods, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary R. Skaar, Terry L. Holmes, Donald E. Lucke, Gerald R. Popenhagen, Jay I. Gust, William N. G. Barron, III, Dean F. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 5393261
    Abstract: A meat tenderizing device having a first plate with a surface having a plurality of truncated pyramid projections extending outwardly therefrom, a second plate having a plurality of projections extending outwardly therefrom, a first handle connected to the first plate and extending outwardly therefrom, and a second handle connected to the second plate and extending outwardly therefrom. Each of the truncated pyramid projections has a hole formed in an area opposite to the surface. The projections of the second plate are in a meshing relationship with the plurality of projections of the first plate. The second plate is hingedly connected to the second plate. The first and second handles serve to move the first and second plates between a first meshing position and a second angularly offset position. A ledge extends around a portion of the periphery of the first plate and extends upwardly from the surface of the first plate so as to have a height less than a height of the truncated pyramid projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Inventor: Carl D. Winton
  • Patent number: 5035672
    Abstract: A meat tenderizing machine having a press plate with teeth on a lower surface thereof for effecting tenderization of a cut of meat. This plate extends parallel to an upper surface of a meat supporting mechanism. There are power means for reciprocating a press plate towards and away from the support mechanism. This reciprocating means can be adjusted in order to adjust the reciprocal movement of the press plate and thus the distance between the lower surface of the press plate and the upper surface of the meat support mechanism when the press plate is in a fully lowered position. Preferably the reciprocating means is a plunger connected to the press plate, a guide for the plunger, a crank shaft rotatably mounted on a support structure, and a connecting rod pivotally connected to the crank shaft and the plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: Danro Tool Company Inc.
    Inventors: Joaquim Rocha, Jose Daniel