| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 452141000 | TENDERIZERS | 14 |
| 20100105307 | HAND-OPERABLE MEAT TENDERIZER AND MARINATOR - A hand-operable meat preparation device includes a handle, a meat tenderizer controllable through the handle to tenderize a cut of meat while introducing vibrational or other work forces therein, and a marinator controllable through the handle to internally marinate the meat with assistance from the vibrational or other work forces introduced by the tenderizer. During use, a person grasps the handle and tenderizes the meat with the meat tenderizer while marinating the meat with the marinator as the tenderizer sets up the vibrational or other work forces in the meat to assist the marination. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20090004957 | PORTABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TENDERIZING MEAT - A method and apparatus for tenderizing meat by electrical stimulation is characterized by a portable device supplying an electrical current through an electrode or electrodes. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20080233853 | CARCASS PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - To shorten a long aging time required for meat processing and reducing the viable cell count of a carcass before being cooked, an electric stimulus is imparted by applying an AC voltage via from electrode needles to at least the neck and legs of the meat carcass. The AC voltage is turned on for a time Ton and then turned off for a time Toff, and the application of the voltage is repeated a predetermined number of cycles. The Ton period is not longer than the Toff period, although the first Ton period can be longer than the Toff period. The voltage is not higher than 100V, and the frequency is not higher than the commercial frequency (maximum, 60 Hz). The aging effect is improved by stimulating the entire meat carcass electrically from at most three points. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080261503 | Meat tenderizing machine and method of use - A meat tenderizing machine and method of use is described. The machine has a support base on which a meat support board is displaceably supported. A block of cutting blades is displaceably secured above the base by a support frame. A meat retaining plate is associated with the block of cutting blades. The block of cutting blades and meat retaining plate are secured to guide rods for vertical displacement above the meat support board. A drive means imparts independent vertical displacement of the meat retaining plate and the block of cutting blades. Hand-operable handles are secured to the base below the meat support board and removably secured to the board to effect displacement of the board and operation of the drive for displacement of the meat retaining plate and block of cutting blades by both hands of an operator person safely disposed. Accordingly, the hands of the operator person are protected from the block of cutting blades. The meat support board is also reversible whereby to handle large pieces of meat. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090111367 | Meat tenderizing device - A meat tenderizing device, comprising: a supporting bed, which comprises a plurality of longitudinal members arranged in the direction of translational motion of pieces of meat, and a plurality of toothed rods, comprised between the longitudinal members so as to form a deck for conveying the pieces of meat; a head arranged above the supporting bed and comprising knives adapted to be inserted between the longitudinal members of the bed and provided with elements for movement, which comprise elements that are adapted to determine selectively a stroke of the knives in which the lower end position is located at at least one height that lies above, and at at least one height that lies below, the bed that supports the pieces of meat. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110070815 | INDEXING DRIVE SYSTEM - A driver for a food conditioner that comprises a drive shaft that is configured to be driven by a motor, a continuous-to-intermittent converter that is configured to be coupled to the drive shaft, and a slip clutch that is configured to be coupled to the continuous-to-intermittent converter, wherein the slip clutch is further configured to disengage when a torque applied to the slip clutch exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110009041 | FOOD CONDITIONER - A food conditioner having a primary guard that is configured to be removable and a drive train network that is configured to automatically unlatch when the primary guard is removed, wherein the primary guard includes a guard partition that forces engagement of a tapered coupling drive. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20090176446 | ROLLING MEAT TENDERIZER - A machine for tenderizing meat. Said machine includes a textured roller and a smooth plate between which untenderized meat is fed for tenderizing. Pressure is applied to the untenderized meat as it passes between the roller and plate thereby tenderizing and flattening the meat to the desired thickness and texture. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20120028556 | DEVICE FOR MASSAGING PRODUCTS - A device for treating products, in particular massaging meat products, comprises at least one treatment section with a space for receiving the products. Said space comprises a treatment device for treating the products. A discharge device is provided for discharging the products from the space of the treatment section. The discharge device can be brought into an active and an inactive operating state with the aid of an actuating device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 452142000 | Coacting rolls | 1 |
| 20120276827 | Apparatus And Method For Macerating Meat-Type Products - An apparatus and method for macerating raw meat pieces includes two sets of rotating arbors, each having a different primary function. More particularly, the first arbor set is primarily configured to flatten and roughly tenderize the meat. The second arbor set is primarily configured to increase the surface area and tenderness of the meat without breaking the meat apart, though the second arbor set may also further reduce the thickness of the meat pieces. The second arbor set is positioned downstream of the first arbor set by a conveyor such that the meat pieces advancing through the macerator are only macerated by one of the arbor sets at any give time. Each arbor set has a pair of counter rotating shafts. | 11-01-2012 |
| 452144000 | Coacting toothed plates | 2 |
| 20120231717 | Multifunctional Food Preparation Apparatus - A food processing apparatus including a lower support structure that carries either a food slicing plate or a meat tenderizing plate, an upper structure that carries either a food plunger plate or a meat tenderizing plate; said lower and upper structures being connected with a floating hinge and including a handle such that a user may pull the two structures together such that their respective plates either tenderize or slice food depending on the plates positioned thereto. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120270485 | COMBINATION HANDHELD MEAT TENDERIZER AND MARINADE INJECTOR - An improved meat tenderizing appliance for domestic use in which both mechanical and chemical tenderizing processes are implemented in an easily cleaned, handheld unit operated by the mechanical movement of the device. A small pump is operated through the downward motion of the device. Pressure generated from the pump, as a result of the downward motion, forces the injection solution through a manifold of specially designed needles that administer micro-cuts into the meat and inject the solution. The needles are designed as heavy duty stainless steel with flutes that have sharp edges to produce the micro-cuts in the meat and to strengthen the needle. | 10-25-2012 |
| 452145000 | Hand roll | 1 |
| 20110207389 | MEAT TENDERIZER - A hand operated meat tenderizer comprising a generally semicircular housing having an elliptical horizontal cross-section opening with an axle mounted across the opening. A rotary blade assembly comprising at least one blade segment is arranged on a common axis on the axle There is further a means for retractably shielding the blade assembly. | 08-25-2011 |
| 452146000 | Hand manipulated pounder | 1 |
| 20090311957 | Flavor Infuser Having Quick-Connect Handle - A hand-held food processor having a weighted cylindrical universal handle with a circular triangle shaped base which can accommodate various detachable optional base pieces. The base pieces contemplated include a piercing tenderizer assembly, a coarse plate, as well as a smooth plate. | 12-17-2009 |
