Meat-Cutting Machine Containment Channel for Bone-In Meat
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing meat-cutting machines with clamps fail to reliably grip meat with bone, leading to wasted portions, inaccurate cuts, uneven thickness, and potential blockages due to the clamp's inability to secure the meat effectively during cutting.
Innovation Solution
A meat-cutting machine with a containment channel and movable walls that guide and constrain the meat, combined with a user control unit to synchronize cutting and thrust mechanisms, ensuring precise cutting and minimizing waste by maintaining consistent meat flow and orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a clamp is used to retain the piece of meat, then the meat can be constrained during cutting, but the retained portion cannot be cut and is wasted
Solution Approach 1:
The containment channel divides the meat processing space into defined sections with movable walls that can independently adjust to different meat sizes and shapes, allowing the entire meat piece to be processed without leaving unusable portions
Solution Approach 2:
The movable walls can dynamically adjust their positions to accommodate different meat dimensions and apply appropriate constraining forces throughout the cutting process, ensuring complete utilization of the meat piece
2Ease of operation
If a clamp is used to grip the piece of meat, then the meat can be held in place, but the grip is unreliable and the meat can move or turn
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of relying on a single-point clamp grip, the invention uses movable walls that constrain the meat from multiple dimensions simultaneously, preventing movement and rotation while maintaining cutting accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The containment channel creates a precise geometric template that guides the meat into the correct orientation and position, ensuring consistent and accurate cutting without requiring complex gripping mechanisms
3Productivity
If the meat is constrained by a clamp, then cutting can be performed, but the cut quality is poor with uneven thickness or incorrect orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The movable walls pre-position and stabilize the meat piece before cutting begins, ensuring proper orientation and preventing shifts during the cutting process that would compromise quality
Solution Approach 2:
The invention replaces the mechanical clamp gripping system with a geometric containment system using movable walls, which provides more precise and consistent positioning for high-quality cuts
4Reliability
If the meat is held by a clamp, then cutting can proceed, but the strong resistance can block the blade
Solution Approach 1:
The movable walls can dynamically adjust their positions and apply distributed constraining forces that maintain meat stability without creating excessive localized resistance that would block the blade
Solution Approach 2:
The containment channel acts as an intermediary structure between the meat and the cutting blade, providing stable support and guidance that prevents the blade from encountering unexpected resistance from mispositioned meat
Data Source
AI summary
The invention discloses a meat-cutting machine used in particular for cutting meat with bone, including a containment channel 10 holding a piece of meat 20 to be cut, the walls 11, 12, 13, 14 of which form a guide for feeding the piece of meat 20 to an outlet opening 15. At the opening 15, cutting device 30 cuts the piece of meat 20 in a timing sequence established by a user control unit 80.