57results about "Injection based meat processing" patented technology

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.