Patents Assigned to Meat & Wool New Zealand Limited
  • Patent number: 8263158
    Abstract: The invention provides a meat stretching device. The device includes a receptacle and a flexible sleeve. The flexible sleeve is mounted within the receptacle, the flexible sleeve having a cross-section that defines an aperture to receive one or more cuts of meat. The receptacle is connectable to an air pressure device that is capable of generating a positive pressure in the receptacle to cause the flexible sleeve to constrict around and stretch the one or more cuts of meat that are received in the aperture. In one form the flexible sleeve has a first end and a second end, and a cross-section that defines an aperture, the first end being adapted to receive one or more cuts of meat and the second end being adapted to allow the one or more cuts of meat to be removed from the flexible sleeve. In this form the flexible sleeve is mounted within the receptacle such that an airtight volume is formed between the flexible sleeve and the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignees: Meat & Wool New Zealand Limited, Meat & Livestock Australia Limited
    Inventors: Arthur Pitt, Clyde Charles Daly