4results about "Injection based meat processing" patented technology

A process that includes receiving, by a trimmer via a conveyor system, a foodstuff, automatically trimming, by the trimmer and based on trimming instructions, the foodstuff that results in trimmings and a trimmed foodstuff. The process also includes advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmings of the foodstuff to a trimmings collector, and advancing, via the conveyor system, the trimmed foodstuff out of the trimmer. The trimmer is provided on the conveyor system prior to an injector such that the trimmer performs the automatic trimming of the foodstuff prior to injecting the foodstuff with a liquid solution by the injector.

A food seasoning injector including a housing assembly and injectors assembly. The housing assembly includes a housing, a cap and housing connectors, wherein the housing is a handheld bowl-shaped container adapted to contain a liquid seasoning for food. The housing includes an opening covered with a cap. The housing connectors are openings in a bottom edge of the housing that fit into the needle connectors included in the injectors assembly. The plurality of needles are attached to the needle connectors which have a sharpened tip to penetrate the food, thereby the liquid seasoning may be impregnated into the food enhancing it with flavor and saving time by covering a bigger portion of the food by means of the plurality of needles.

An injection device (5) for injecting a liquid into meat comprising a housing (61), a conveyor (53), and a modular needle bridge (4) arranged above and across an endless belt conveying surface (54) of the conveyor (53). A drive system (70) is provided to move the conveying surface (54) in at least two opposite conveying directions. The needle bridge (4) comprises vertically stacked needle bridge blocks (3) with aligning means (32), and needle head cavities (31) of a non-circular cross-section for receiving correspondingly shaped needle heads (1) with hollow injection needles (12) that can move vertically in the needle head cavities (31). The needle head cavities (31) are arranged in rows to form a continuous regular injection pattern.

A method for cleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting and / or sterilizing a filter and / or one or more needles of a food injector device with a cleaning device, the method includes: supplying water and electric current to the cleaning device; treating the filter and / or the one or more needles of the food injector device with the plasma activated water; the cleaning device includes either: i) an atmospheric-pressure plasma device to produce the plasma activated water or ii) a device coupled to the cleaning device for preparing the plasma activated water; and before the treating step, the method includes a pre-treatment step, where the filter and / or the one or more needles of the food injector device are cleaned and / or rinsed with a fluid other than the plasma activated water.