Method for producing and shaping food, such as meat products and sausages

US6506432B1 · kind B1 · utility

Inventor

• Fritz Kortschack · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2000
• Grant date: Jan 14, 2003
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65B31/00
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

In a method for manufacturing and forming meat and sausage products, a semi-finished meat or sausage product is brought into a foil bag or between foils and sealed under vacuum to form a filled package. The filled package is then aligned between two movable, adjustable plates, and a uniform distribution of the package contents is achieved by applying a slight pressure on the package by moving the plates against one another. A vacuum is generated in plate cavities provided in the plates upon reaching a certain plate distance or a pressure within the filled package. In this way, the foil of the package undergoes stretching within the plate cavities and a cavity wall of the plate cavities, and the semi-finished meat or sausage product assumes a surface shape of the plates.