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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas W Martinek, Covington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Teepak, Inc., Oak Brook, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ; A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
17 49 ; 17 32 ; 17 39 ; 53122 ;
Abstract
An improved apparatus and process is disclosed which is adopted for controlled displacement of chunk, sectioned and formed meat products during a forced meat encasement process. More particularly, the improved apparatus and method of the instant invention provides a truncated internally conical extending meat former apparatus disposed between the filling nozzle and stuffed casing of a meat casing machine to control the relative displacement of meat which is forced through a filling nozzle into a meat casing to a predetermined arrangement.