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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:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary A Handel, Madison, WI (US);
Timothy G Mally, Oregon, WI (US);
Larry G McManis, Jr, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation, Madison, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23C / ; A23C / ; A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426281 ; 99487 ; 99533 ; 99535 ; 426652 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for injecting bacon bellies or the like with a brine solution or other treatment fluid. A parameter of the belly or the like to be injected is determined at a location upstream of the injection site. This parameter is used to vary the amount of brine or the like which is injected into the belly or the like. By this approach, the quantity of fluid injected is tailored to the particular belly being injected, which achieves an improvement in the extent that bellies being processed deviate from a target fluid pickup value.