Device for producing meat products
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional meat processing devices require lengthy operation times for mechanical loading of raw meat, leading to increased germ load and inefficient juice extraction, and often expose meat to ambient air, which can cause contamination.
Innovation Solution
A device with a drive mechanism that performs reciprocating movements along multiple axes to effectively load and cook raw meat within a contained space, allowing for faster meat sticking and marination, using a sheath that can be under vacuum to prevent air inclusion and contamination.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional rumbling machines with rotating drums are used for mechanical loading of raw meat, then the meat pieces can be treated and stirred, but the operation takes much time (several hours) and increases the germ load
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanical vibration through a vibrating element that directly contacts the raw meat pieces in the container. This vibration creates intense mechanical loading and stirring action that achieves the same effect as conventional rumbling but in a fraction of the time (minutes instead of hours), thereby resolving the contradiction between processing speed and operation time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the complex rotating drum mechanical system with a simpler container and vibrating element system. This substitution maintains the mechanical loading function while dramatically reducing processing time and eliminating the need for large-scale rotating machinery, thus improving productivity without increasing operation time
2Productivity
If open drums are used for rumbling raw meat, then the mechanical loading can be performed, but the pieces of meat are treated in contact with ambient air which increases the germ load
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a container that can be sealed or covered, creating a controlled environment for the raw meat during vibration treatment. This prevents ambient air contact and germ contamination while maintaining the effectiveness of the mechanical loading process, thus resolving the contradiction between processing efficiency and germ load
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a protected environment (either through sealing the container or using vacuum conditions) that isolates the raw meat from ambient air during the vibration process. This inert or controlled atmosphere prevents germ contamination while allowing efficient mechanical loading to proceed, addressing the harmful factor of germ load
3Reliability
If conventional rumbling machines are used, then the meat pieces can be mechanically loaded, but complex vacuuming systems are required to prevent air inclusion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a simple sealable container that can be easily closed to prevent air inclusion during the vibration process. This simple sealing mechanism replaces complex vacuuming systems while maintaining reliable vacuum or air-free conditions, thus resolving the contradiction between vacuum maintenance and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts or removes the complex vacuuming system from the device by using a simple sealable container that maintains vacuum or air-free conditions passively. This extraction simplifies the overall system while maintaining the necessary vacuum reliability for preventing air inclusion
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device significantly reduces processing time for meat sticking and marination, ensuring efficient juice extraction and minimizing contamination by maintaining raw meat within a sealed environment, achieving results comparable to conventional methods in a fraction of the time.
Implementation Method 1
for sufficient mechanical loading for the meat juice to flow out resp. for sticking of the raw pieces of meat
Implementation Method 2
using a sheath that can be under vacuum to prevent air inclusion and contamination
Implementation Method 3
devices that can join together and cook raw pieces of meat
Data Source
AI summary
A device for producing meat products includes an assembly formed from a plurality of walls maintainable in a fixed relationship to one another during a joining operation, surfaces of the plurality of walls defining work surfaces disposed to surround raw pieces of meat placed therein to be joined. A drive mechanism is configured to drive the assembly, which can form a cooking container such as a cooking box, along a first axis in a reciprocating movement of at least 10 mm along the first axis at frequency of at least 1 Hz and to drive the assembly along a second axis in a reciprocating movement of at least 10 mm along the second axis at frequency of at least 1 Hz, wherein the first axis and the second axis are angled with respect to each other, and the drive mechanism drives the assembly at different frequencies along the first and second axes.