Chemetron

Chemetron Process Equipment, Inc.

Benjamin Sieradzki

John David Giese

Charles C Hawley

A multi-purpose vacuum screw loader deaerates meat emulsions and meat chunk mixtures, and loads the deaerated product to a forming or casing station. A sealed vacuumized hopper has a lowermost auger for force-feeding processed product through an outlet in the bottom of the hopper to a positive displacement pump in communication with the next processing station. An agitator overlying the auger within the hopper serves to expose air pockets in the meat emulsion for more complete removal of entrained air. An inlet in the hopper positioned well above the normal product level is particularly sized to form a free-falling, film-like flow of product as the hopper is loaded whereby to expose maximum product surface area to the vacuum environment.

Vacuum screw loader

An apparatus for mixing or blending, and discharging ground meat or the like. The apparatus includes a tub having a pair of spaced, agitator mounted, shafts which shafts are mounted therein for counter-rotation, with the agitators over-lapping, to mix and continuously circulate the meat and also to rapidly discharge same through a movable door when desired. Agitators are fixedly and specifically positioned on the shafts to achieve the desired objectives depending only upon the position of the discharge door for each function.

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Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Benjamin Sieradzki