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Separator cutter assembly for meat grinders

US5944267A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 3, 1998
Grant dateAug 31, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB02C2018/308
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for removing gristle and the like from meat during a chopping operation in a feed screw apparatus having at least one axially perforated disc with a rotary bearing for receiving the hub of a rotary knife. A channel extends radially through the disc from the rotary bearing to the outside of the apparatus for discharging the gristle fed into it by the rotary movement of the knife arm extending from a hub journalled in the rotary bearing into engagement with a planar surface of the disc.

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