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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myron L Welton, South Sioux City, NE (US);
Gary L Sheneman, South Sioux City, NE (US);
Assignee:
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., Dakota City, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22B / ; A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 50 ; 17 21 ; 53435 ; 53440 ; 99517 ; 99589 ; 426524 ;
Abstract
Beef tongues from a kill floor are trimmed while at a temperature no less than about 92.degree. F., rigidified by chilling them to about 35.degree. to 45.degree. F., and passed several times while in their rigidified condition through a skinning machine which grips a leading end of the skin and pulls the tongue at a velocity no greater than about 60 feet per second into a blade which slices a thin layer including the skin from the surface of the tongue. The skinned tongue is wrapped, boxed and frozen for shipment.