Meat tenderizer apparatus
US3991439A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C9/008
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A yieldable knife meat tenderizing apparatus that includes a plurality of force yieldable elongated knives with each knife having a sharp meat penetrating and meat severing end and force yieldable friction members holding the knives in meat penetrating position but with the knives being independently slidably yieldable relative to the friction members upon striking an obstruction such as a bone and meat retainers through which the blades extend and which engage the meat when the knives are in meat penetrating position to hold the meat against substantial movement with the knives upon withdrawal of the knives from the meat and a tiltable lacking device for tilting and locking onto a guide member when the retainer is in engagement with the meat.
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