Food patty
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current food patty forming technologies result in products with inconsistent cook shape, texture, and moisture retention due to excessive myosin and actin release, leading to rubbery texture and poor bite, which are exacerbated by high pressure and complex material flow pathways.
Innovation Solution
The use of spherical geometry in processing equipment, such as fill or stripper plates, creates a venturi effect that aligns meat fibers, reducing myosin and actin release, and ensures consistent contact with the grill for uniform cooking, thereby controlling fiber orientation and maintaining more protein binding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If high pressure and high speed forming technology is used, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to inconsistent cook shape and rubbery texture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies spherical geometry to the fill plate hole design, creating a curved flow path that guides meat material smoothly through the forming process. This spherical approach eliminates sharp angles and abrupt direction changes, allowing high-speed forming without the violent cell disruption that causes rubbery texture. The curved path maintains productivity while ensuring consistent fiber alignment and cook shape.
2Productivity
If high pressure is applied during forming, then productivity is improved, but object-generated harmful factors worsen due to excessive myosin and actin release
Solution Approach 1:
The spherical fill plate hole acts as an intermediary element that mediates between the high pressure forming process and the meat cells. Instead of direct high pressure contact that ruptures cells and releases excessive protein, the spherical geometry distributes and softens the pressure application, allowing forming speed to be maintained while minimizing harmful protein exudate release.
3Productivity
If complicated material flow pathways are used, then productivity is improved, but manufacturing precision deteriorates due to odd cook shapes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complicated angular flow pathways with a simple spherical flow path. This curved geometry provides the necessary material movement and mixing while eliminating the violent direction changes that cause fiber misalignment and odd cook shapes. The spherical path achieves productivity through streamlined flow rather than complex routing.
4Strength
If increased massaging or blending time is used, then binding strength is improved, but object-generated harmful factors worsen due to increased myosin extraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical massaging and blending processes with a controlled spherical flow path mechanism. Instead of relying on extended mechanical working that extracts excessive myosin and creates rubbery texture, the spherical geometry provides gentle, consistent fiber alignment during forming. Binding strength is achieved through proper fiber orientation rather than excessive protein extraction.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach results in a food patty with consistent shape, improved moisture retention, and a non-rubbery texture, with less protein exudate and better bite quality, as the spherical geometry accelerates meat flow, aligning fibers for controlled contraction and uniform cooking.
Implementation Method 1
The use of spherical geometry in processing equipment, such as fill or stripper plates, creates a venturi effect that aligns meat fibers
Implementation Method 2
The contraction takes place during high heat application as in cooking. The action of the meat fiber is to contract in length, this contraction combined with protein bind not only shortens the muscle fiber
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AI summary
A food product having aligned fibers.