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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);
Inventors:
Harry Y. Chu, Fayetteville, AR (US);
James Ruff, Farmington, AR (US);
Robert Ty Baublits, Colcord, OK (US);
Mark Andrew Christie, Elkins, AR (US);
Assignee:
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, AR (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Penetrating the skin of a poultry item with an array of small holes accomplished by using a plurality of circular blades laterally spaced apart and substantially parallel and having a plurality teeth protruding from the edge of the blades and forcibly engaging and penetrating the skin of the poultry item with the plurality of teeth. The plurality of circular blades can have a common axis of rotation and rotating about a shaft extending along the common axis thereby forming a roller of blades.