57results about "Injection based meat processing" patented technology

A continuous high-speed pickle injector is provided with improved productivity that can inject a liquid substance such as brine for curing, seasoning or the like into a block of meat such as pork, beef, livestock meat and the like continuously, and disperse the liquid substance uniformly. A pickle injector which can inject a liquid substance such as brine for curing and the like into a block of meat being conveyed continuously while gradually raising the injection pressure from 0 or a low pressure includes two or more injecting sections being able to repeat an injecting operation, that is, from the start to the completion of the injection of a liquid substance. The two or more injecting sections inject a liquid substance while moving at a speed synchronized with the conveying speed of a block of meat continuously being conveyed during the operation of injection. The timing of the injecting operation for each injecting section is controlled.

A device to inject solid materials into foods and other objects. The device utilizes a hollow needle with a moving cover at one end. A plunger moves inside the hollow needle to push contents from the needle into the object to be injected. Various apparatus for moving the can be utilized.

The present invention provides a detectable heavy duty needle cannula (12) for use in hypodermic syringes and the like. Needle cannula (12) comprises a magnetizable or magnetized stainless steel alloy, which enables needle cannula (12) to be detectable in metal detectors that are commonly used in the meat processing industry to detect broken needle cannulas in the flesh of slaughtered animals. Needle cannula (12) further comprises a sidewall (17) that is thicker than the sidewalls of prior art needle cannulas. The thicker sidewall imparts to needle cannula (12) greater resistance to breakage during the process of injecting animal health products into an animal and greater detectability in a metal detector.

A needleless injection device and method for injecting a food subject is disclosed in which one or more types of liquid food additive are individually and / or simultaneously delivered to a food subject within a sealed injection chamber or compartment. The needleless injection device and method of the present invention utilizes rapid, high pressure injection bursts to completely and uniformly inject the food subject, allowing different food subjects or different food additives to be sequentially injected in an efficient and instant manner. The needleless injection device and method for injecting minimizes contamination by totally enclosing the injection process within a sealed chamber, and by eliminating the need for the injection nozzles to contact, or be placed immediately adjacent to the food subject.

Systems and methods for providing food intervention, pumping up, and tenderization are discussed. While such systems and methods can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include an injectade reservoir, a filter, a first pump configured to force injectade from the injectade reservoir and through the filter, a nozzle configured to inject injectade into a food product without having the nozzle contact the food, and a valve that is configured to selectively open and close to regulate when and how much of the injectade that passes through the filter is forced out of the nozzle. In some cases, the described systems further include a chiller configured to cool injectade in the reservoir, a sensor configured to determine a distance between the nozzle and food item, an actuator configured to move the nozzle, and / or a computer processor that controls an amount of injectade sprayed from the nozzle. Other implementations are described.

A machine for injecting brine into meat pieces includes a conveyor having a support surface for conveying meat pieces in a forward step by step movement, each step having a predetermined length, first and second injection heads consecutively arranged over the conveyor relative to the forward direction, each injection head having an array of injection needles covering a whole width of the conveyor support surface. A length of the conveyor support surface corresponds to the predetermined length of the steps of the conveyor step by step movement, head driving device for alternately reciprocating the injection heads between an upper position, enabling the meat pieces to pass under the injection heads, and a lower position, where the injection needles are stuck into the meat pieces located under the injection heads, and brine supplying device supplying brine to the injection needles at least when the injection heads are at their lower position.

The invention discloses a saline injection device with the function of supplementing amino acids to meat products. The saline injection device comprises a base, a bracket, a conveying belt, a saline concentration determinator, a controller and an injection unit, wherein the bottom of the bracket is mounted on the base, the conveying belt is arranged at the lower part of the bracket, the injection unit and the saline concentration determinator are arranged at the middle part of the bracket, the controller is arranged at the upper part of the bracket, the saline concentration determinator is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is connected with the injection unit. The saline injection device also comprises a spraying device, wherein the spraying device comprises a sprayer and a liquid storage tank, and the liquid storage tank contains an aqueous solution of the amino acids. According to the saline injection device with the function of supplementing the amino acids to the meat products, through spraying the aqueous solution of the amino acids to the surfaces of the meat products so as to supplement the amino acids to the meat products, the nutrition of the meat products is improved, and the absorption to the meat products by human is better facilitated.

A needleless injection device and method for injecting a food subject is disclosed in which one or more types of liquid food additive are individually and / or simultaneously delivered to a food subject within a sealed injection chamber or compartment. The needleless injection device and method of the present invention utilizes rapid, high pressure injection bursts to completely and uniformly inject the food subject, allowing different food subjects or different food additives to be sequentially injected in an efficient and instant manner. The needleless injection device and method for injecting minimizes contamination by totally enclosing the injection process within a sealed chamber, and by eliminating the need for the injection nozzles to contact, or be placed immediately adjacent to the food subject.

Systems and methods for providing food intervention, pumping up, and tenderization are discussed. While such systems and methods can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include an injectate reservoir, a filter, a first pump configured to force injectate from the injectate reservoir and through the filter, a nozzle configured to inject injectate into a food product without having the nozzle contact the food, and a valve that is configured to selectively open and close to regulate when and how much of the injectate that passes through the filter is forced out of the nozzle. In some cases, the described systems further include a chiller configured to cool injectate in the reservoir, a sensor configured to determine a distance between the nozzle and food item, an actuator configured to move the nozzle, and / or a computer processor that controls an amount of injectate sprayed from the nozzle. Other implementations are described.

It is an object of the invention to improve the rotary-type pickling liquid injector so as to inject the pickling liquid into the meat ingredient correctly. A pickling liquid spout roller 1 is combined with an opposed roller 2. A convey mechanism conveys a meat ingredient between the spout and opposed rollers 1 and 2. The meat ingredient is nipped between the spout and opposed rollers 1 and 2, the rotary body 3 is rotated around the fixed body 4, and the opposed roller 2 is rotated around an axis thereof. The pickling liquid is injected into the meat ingredient.

The invention discloses an automatic cutting and seasoning device for meat strips. The cutting and seasoning device comprises a meat strip processing device, a working cavity is formed in the meat strip processing device, a cutting and seasoning assembly is arranged in the working cavity, the cutting and seasoning assembly comprises a supporting plate fixedly arranged on the inner wall of the rearside of the working cavity, and a sliding rack arranged on the inner wall of the rear side of the working cavity and can slide left and right. According to the cutting and seasoning device, when meatblocks needing to be processed are placed at the upper end of the supporting plate, a horizontal support moves downwards, and ejector pins on the horizontal support move downwards and punch the meatblocks; when the ejector pins move downwards, mixed seasonings in a seasoning cavity are injected into small holes, so that meat is seasoned; the horizontal support which moves downwards enables a rotating cutting blade to move downwards and automatically cut the meat; and the whole process is completed in a full-automatic mode, the manpower input is reduced, and the situations that the efficiencyis low and the processing quality is low in the manual operation process are avoided.

A return liquid containing particles resulting from treating food is treated to reduce the size of the particles and recycled for further food treatment. Embodiments include injecting a solution into a body of meat, recovering a return solution containing particulate material resulting from injecting the body of meat, optionally reducing the temperature of the return solution, mechanically reducing the particle size of the particulate material in the return solution to form a reduced return solution, conveying the reduced return solution to a holding tank and recycling the reduced return solution for injection into a body of meat. Embodiments also include a system for recycling a food treating liquid including a mechanical milling device, an optional chilling device, and a holding tank including first, second and third sections, a first weir separating the first and second sections, and a second weir separating the second and third sections, wherein the second weir extends higher than the first weir.

The present invention discloses an apparatus for injecting liquid into food objects, the apparatus is comprised of a frame, an endless belt, and means for propelling the endless belt to convey the food objects. One or more needle with a passage for penetrating said food objects, a needle holder for holding said one or more needle, and a blending means for blending together substances to create the liquid. A supply means for supplying the liquid to the needles, a means for moving the needle holder, wherein the needles injects the liquid into the food objects while communicating with the food objects, an. Control means, wherein the control means controls the blending means for blending together plurality of substances to create the liquid based on predetermined recipes selected by the control means in response to an input from operator as well as the injection process.

An apparatus for marinating foods; the retro-fit flavor dispensing system is used to improve the ease and reliability of dispensing flavorings into comestibles; dispensing marinades from existing and filled flexible bags. The device is a needle assembly suitable for injection dispensing.

Disclosed is a device and a method for introducing liquids into meat containing bones and / or cartilage or connective tissue, e.g. in the slaughtered body of poultry as well as in legs and belly meat, in order to treat, season, and / or preserve said meat. The aim of the invention is to create a device and a method which make it possible to simultaneously introduce exactly defined, even very small quantities of water, brine, preservatives, seasoning liquids, and / or other liquids in a manner that is adapted to the anatomy of the body of the slaughtered animal, even into meat containing bones and / or cartilage or connective tissue, within a very short period of time on almost any conveying unit, even an existing one, and even on a slaughtering conveyor belt, without using any needle while beinghighly effective and highly reliable, having a robust structure, and providing minimal tolerance of the injected quantity. Said aim is achieved by a device for introducing liquids into meat, comprising a base frame (1). Said device is characterized by the fact that one or several machine frame / s (3) is / are arranged in a rigid manner or so as to be movable in a linear direction on the base frame (1) while one / several injection device / s (6) which is / are used for needle-free injection and is / are connected to one / several high pressure unit / s (4) via one / several liquid distribution system / s (5) is / are disposed on the machine frame / s (3), each injection device (6) comprising one or several nozzle pipe / s (7) on which one or several spray nozzle / s (8) is / are arranged and which is / are disposed on the machine frame (3) so as to be deliverable. The inventive method is characterized by the fact that each of the nozzle pipes (7) as well as one / several spray lance / s (6) can be separately impinged upon by an identical and / or different, precisely defined pressure that is applied to different liquids for identical and / or different, exactly defined periods of time.

Systems and methods for providing food intervention, pumping up, and tenderization are discussed. While such systems can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include a needleless spray nozzle head that injects injectade into food without requiring the head to contact the food. In some cases, the head comprises an elongated needleless spray bar that defines multiple internal fluid channels that extend from a first end to a second end of the spray bar. In some cases, the head comprises a manifold system with a first manifold portion at the first end and a second manifold portion at the second end of the spray bar. In some cases, the first manifold portion directs the injectade towards the second end, and the second manifold portion directs the injectade towards the first end of the elongated needleless spray bar. Other implementations are described.

The invention discloses a braised meat punching nail. The braised meat punching nail comprises a feeding pipe and a slotting tool; the feeding pipe is cylindrical and the internal part of the feedingpipe is hollow; and the slotting tool is arranged at the front end of the feeding pipe. The problems that the traditional braised meat preparation needs manual making and early-period processing punching links, the punching efficiency is low and pigskin cannot be soft and tasty through punching can be effectively solved.

The present invention provides a meat rapid tastiness enhancing injection device. The injection device includes a material storage bin, hollow needles, a material inlet, a sealed cover, two hollow tubes and a pressing air bag. The hollow needles are arranged on the top of the material storage bin, the material inlet is arranged at the bottom of the material storage bin, the sealed cover is arranged on the material inlet, the number of the hollow tubes are two, one ends of the hollow tubes are arranged at the left and right sides of the material storage bin, and the other ends of the hollow tubes are arranged on the pressing air bag. The injection device is simple and reasonable in structure, economical and practical, and easy to use. By combining the material storage bin, hollow needles, hollow tubes and pressing air bag, the injection device can inject seasoning in the material storage bin into meat via the hollow needles, enables to the seasoning in the meat to be more rapid in tastiness enhancing, and saves people's time in pickling the meat.

The invention relates to the field of home-use electric appliance, and discloses a home-use meat product pickling and flavoring machine. The home-use meat product pickling and flavoring machine comprises a cleaning pipe, wherein a groove is arranged in the inner wall of the cleaning pipe, a water conveying passage, a hollow pipe and an inner threaded pipe are arranged on the inner wall of the cleaning pipe; a semicircular plate is arranged on the hollow pipe; a round rod is arranged on the inner threaded pipe; a support plate is arranged on the round rod; a moving frame is arranged on the cleaning pipe; a tooth part is arranged on the moving frame; a flavoring box is connected with the cleaning pipe; a water box, a material mixing box, a collecting box, a motor, a rotating shaft and a support rod are arranged on the flavoring box; a first belt, a second belt and a first bevel gear are arranged on a motor output shaft; a first gear is arranged on the rotating shaft; a framework is arranged on the support rod; a first worm rod, a second worm rod, an incomplete gear, a first turbine, a rack, a hollow puncture needle, a second spring, a second turbine, a connecting shaft and a second bevel gear are arranged in the framework. By using the technical scheme provided by the invention, the problem of too long meat block covered pickling time in the prior art is solved.

The present invention relates to a process for injection of refrigerated suspended particles into food products and the products resulting from such process. The present invention applies to the food industry in the field of meat products, and reveals those characteristics which are relevant for the process of preparation of said meat products suspension, to be later aggregated on larger sized meat products, as well as those characteristics which are relevant for said injection process. The main object of the present invention is to increase the final product green weight without incurring loss of flavor, shortening of shelf life, nutritional value or texture, making feasible the incorporation of smaller size pieces to a product featuring a higher commercial value. The term meat products is herein used meaning those products extracted from poultry, fish, cattle, pork, sheep, etc., both with and without fat either in the shape of meat cut or shred, ground meat, frozen meat, semi-frozen meat or refrigerated meat.

The invention relates to a safe and reliable saline injection machine for preserved meat production, which comprises a base, a saline tank, a liquid injection tube, a controller, a conveyor belt and an injection device. The injection device comprises a lifting mechanism, a lifting plate, an isolating mechanism and a plurality of injection mechanisms, the isolation mechanism comprises a direction adjusting assembly, a direction adjusting plate, a bottom plate, an ultraviolet lamp tube and two side plates. The direction adjusting assembly includes a direction adjusting unit and two hinge units,the injection mechanism includes a first motor, an adjustment plate, a sensing assembly, a plate, and an injection assembly. The safe and reliable saline injection machine can adjust the position of aneedle tube through the injection mechanism, avoids the bone in the meat, and prevents the tube from being excessively squeezed and damaged. After the injection is completed, the injection mechanismis isolated by the isolating mechanism, sterilization is carried out by irradiation of ultraviolet rays to prevent bacteria from infecting the infection, the safe processing and production of the meatfood is ensured, and the practicability of the machine is increased.

Systems and methods for providing food intervention, pumping up, and tenderization are discussed. While such systems and methods can include any suitable component, in some cases, they include an injectade reservoir, a filter, a first pump configured to force injectade from the injectade reservoir and through the filter, a nozzle configured to inject injectade into a food product without having the nozzle contact the food, and a valve that is configured to selectively open and close to regulate when and how much of the injectade that passes through the filter is forced out of the nozzle. In some cases, the described systems further include a chiller configured to cool injectade in the reservoir, a sensor configured to determine a distance between the nozzle and food item, an actuator configured to move the nozzle, and / or a computer processor that controls an amount of injectade sprayed from the nozzle. Other implementations are described.

The invention discloses a multi-needle injection machine for spices and condiments, which includes a syringe, a handle is fixedly installed on the upper left side of the syringe, a switch is arranged above the handle, and a switch is arranged on the upper right side of the syringe. A controller is provided, a piston is fixedly installed in the inner cavity of the syringe, a motor is fixedly connected above the piston through a traditional rod, a liquid level sensor is fixedly installed at the lower end of the piston, and a liquid level sensor is fixedly installed at the lower end of the syringe. There is a needle seat, and the needle seat is connected with a needle through a thread, and the liquid level sensor, controller, switch and motor are a circuit system. The multi-needle spice and condiment injection machine uses the motor to drive the piston to extrude The method effectively reduces the labor intensity of the user and avoids damage to the user's hands. At the same time, the preset depth of the controller and the sensing depth of the liquid level sensor are used to effectively control the accuracy of the syringe and avoid adding more condiments. The spice phenomenon.

An apparatus for marinating foods; the flavor dispensing system is used to improve the ease, convenience and reliability of dispensing flavorings into comestibles. The device is a flexible container with marinade or other fluid stored within the flexible container, and a dispensing needle suitable for injection dispensing. The container assembly serves to safely store the dispensing needle within the confines of the flexible container during non-use periods. The flexible container is able to be sealed to promote content longevity in store-shelf life.

Injecting machine includes a conveyor having a surface for conveying meat pieces in a forward direction; first and second injection heads consecutively arranged over the conveyor relative to the forward direction and with the second injection head installed at a higher level over the surface than the first injection head; a plurality of needles mounted on each injection head, each needle having a longitudinal inner passage, at least one inlet opening in communication with the inner passage and a plurality of outlet openings in communication with the inner passage; head driving device for alternately reciprocating the first and second injection heads between an upper position, enabling the meat pieces to pass, and a lower position, in which the lower needle portions are stuck into the meat pieces; and brine supplying device for supplying brine to the needles when the injection heads are in the lower position.

An apparatus for marinating foods; the flavor dispensing system is used to improve the ease, convenience and reliability of dispensing flavorings into comestibles. The device is a flexible container with marinade or other fluid stored within the flexible container, and a dispensing needle suitable for injection dispensing. The container assembly serves to safely store the dispensing needle within the confines of the flexible container during non-use periods. The flexible container is able to be sealed to promote content longevity in store-shelf life.

A return liquid containing particles resulting from treating food is treated to reduce the size of the particles and recycled for further food treatment. Embodiments include injecting a solution into a body of meat, recovering a return solution containing particulate material resulting from injecting the body of meat, optionally reducing the temperature of the return solution, mechanically reducing the particle size of the particulate material in the return solution to form a reduced return solution, conveying the reduced return solution to a holding tank and recycling the reduced return solution for injection into a body of meat. Embodiments also include a system for recycling a food treating liquid comprising a mechanical milling device, an optional chilling device, and a holding tank comprising first, second and third sections, a first weir separating the first and second sections, and a second weir separating the second and third sections, wherein the second weir extends higher than the first weir.