WO2018109676A1 - Food processing equipment - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23P—SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
- A23P30/00—Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the process or apparatus
- A23P30/10—Moulding
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
- A22C7/00—Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
- A22C7/0023—Pressing means
- A22C7/003—Meat-moulds
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
- A22C—PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
- A22C7/00—Apparatus for pounding, forming, or pressing meat, sausage-meat, or meat products
- A22C7/0023—Pressing means
- A22C7/003—Meat-moulds
- A22C7/0046—Containers in which meat is pressed and moulded
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23L—FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES A21D OR A23B-A23J; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OF NUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
- A23L13/00—Meat products; Meat meal; Preparation or treatment thereof
- A23L13/03—Coating with a layer; Stuffing, laminating, binding, or compressing of original meat pieces
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23P—SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
- A23P30/00—Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the process or apparatus
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- This invention relates to food processing equipment. More specifically, the invention relates to equipment used for holding and compressing foodstuffs such as meat in air-permeable containers or baskets that can be placed in a smoker, freezer, cooker or the like.
- Various food press moulds exist that are used in the production of bacon, salami and other food products. Examples of such moulds include those made by King of BaconTM, Singer & SohnTM, DanoftechTM, EberhardtTM and AdelmannTM.
- the foodstuff is generally placed in baskets which are then compressed in a machine.
- the baskets are separate items which are put in trolleys that are configured to compress the baskets. The trolleys can then be wheeled into smoking chambers, freezers or the like.
- food processing equipment comprising a mould formed by an open basket with a lid that closes the basket and is arranged to hold foodstuff in the basket under compression, characterized in that the basket is formed by a single piece of perforated sheet material that has been cut and bent to shape.
- the basket to be a generally rectangular trough with a flat bottom, a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, where the side walls are longer than the end walls.
- the lid may be formed by a single piece of perforated sheet material that has been cut and bent to shape; and the lid may have a ratchet and compression mechanism attached thereto configured to hold the lid in a position in which it closes the basket with the foodstuff in the basket under compression.
- the ratchet and compression mechanism may include two linear racks at opposite ends of the lid which are biased so that each rack cooperates with a lip formed in a corresponding end wall of the basket.
- the ratchet and compression mechanism may include a plate which interconnects the two linear racks and which is spring-mounted to the lid so that the lid maintains compression on the foodstuff in the basket.
- the plate may be mounted to the lid in a spaced configuration relative to a top surface of the lid by means of a number of pins which have coil springs on them, the coil springs being compressed when the plate is pushed towards the top surface of the lid.
- the plate may include two pins with coil springs at each of its ends, the projecting portion engaging with the springs of both pins.
- the basket may have a pair of side walls with a lip formed along a top edge of both side walls, and for a wire frame to support the basket along these lips and have opposing foot structures at either end of the basket.
- the wire frame may be stich-welded to basket along the two lips.
- sheet material to be sheet metal, preferably food grade stainless steel sheet metal.
- perforations to be round holes; for the round holes to be about 5mm in diameter; and for the centre of adjacent round holes to be about 7mm apart.
- foodstuff to be meat, such as pork, and for the food processing to include one or more of: smoking, steaming, cooking or freezing.
- the invention extends to food processing equipment comprising a trolley having a number of tracks, each track carrying at least one mould as previously described.
- the invention further extends to a method of processing food, comprising placing portions of foodstuff into a basket of a mould of food processing equipment as previously described, closing a lid of a basket of the food processing equipment, pressing the lid to place the foodstuff under compression, placing the basket into a trolley which has a track that receives the basket, and placing the trolley into one of: a smoker, a steamer, an oven, or a freezer.
- Figure 1 is a three dimensional view of a mould that includes a basket and a lid according to one embodiment
- Figure 2 is a three dimensional view of a mould similar to Figure 1 but which includes a wire frame according to a different embodiment
- Figure 3 is an end view of the mould of Figure 2;
- FIG 4 is a detail view of the portion of the mould labelled "A" in Figure 3;
- Figure 5 is a top view of the mould of Figure 2;
- Figure 6 is a sectional elevation along lines "B-B" in Figure 5;
- Figure 7 is a detail view of the portion of the mould labelled "C" in Figure 6;
- Figure 8 is a three dimensional view of a trolley according to one embodiment that carries a number of moulds according to Figure 1 ;
- Figure 9 is a front view of the trolley of Figure 8.
- FIG 10 is a detail view of the portion of the trolley labelled "D" in Figure 9;
- Figure 1 1 is a side view of the trolley of Figure 8.
- Figure 12 is a top view of the trolley of Figure 8.
- FIG 1 shows food processing equipment in the form of a mould (100) that is of two part construction that includes an open basket (102) and a lid (104) that closes the basket (102).
- the basket (102) is a generally rectangular trough with a flat bottom (106), a pair of side walls (108), and a pair of end walls (1 10).
- the basket (102) is elongate so that the side walls (108) are longer than the end walls (1 10).
- a lip (1 12) is formed along a top edge (1 14) of both side walls (108).
- Figures 2 to 7 show a mould (105) that is the same as the mould (100) of Figure 1 except that it includes a wire frame (1 16) that supports the basket along both lips (1 12) in the side walls (108) and that has opposing foot structures (1 18) at either end of the basket (102).
- the wire frame (1 16) may be useful in the event that the mould (105) is to be placed in a trolley in certain configurations, as will be explained below. Since the mould (105) of Figures 2 to 7 is otherwise identical to the mould (100) of Figure 1 , the same reference numerals are used to refer to the common aspects of the moulds (100, 105).
- the basket (102) is formed by a single piece of perforated sheet material that has been cut and bent to shape.
- the lid (104) is also formed by a single piece of perforated sheet material that has been cut and bent to shape.
- the sheet material is food grade stainless steel sheet metal
- the perforations are round holes (1 13) that have been punched into the sheet metal. While any method of punching may be used, punching by means of a CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machine is generally accurate and cost effective.
- the round holes (1 13) are spaced in a regular pattern. In this embodiment, holes having a diameter of 5mm with the centre of adjacent holes 7mm apart were chosen, which were found to provide good heat transfer and allow sufficient contact with food processing steps such as smoking. It will be appreciated, of course, that a wide variation in the arrangement, shape and size of holes could be chosen.
- the flat bottom (106), side walls (108) and end walls (1 10) of the basket are formed from a single sheet of metal that has been cut and bent into shape, with the four corners (120) where the side walls (108) meet the end walls (1 10) being welded together using spot welding.
- a method of making the basket (102) a single rectangular sheet of food grade stainless steel sheet metal is taken and the holes (1 13) punched in using a CNC machine. A portion of the sheet metal is removed in each of the four corners of the rectangular sheet by using the same hole punching CNC machine using overlapping holes along the lines in which the sheet metal is to be removed.
- the perforated sheet metal is then taken to a bending machine which bends the side walls (108), end walls (1 10) and the lips (1 12), which also function to make it easier to pick up and handle the basket.
- the lid (104) is made by taking a rectangular sheet of food grade stainless steel sheet metal, punching holes (1 13) in using a CNC machine, removing a rectangle of material in each of the four corners and bending each edge to form an inwardly lipped edges (123) of the lid (104). The inwardly lipped edges (123) help to prevent foodstuff from escaping the basket (102).
- the lid (104) has a ratchet and compression mechanism (124) attached thereto, configured to hold the lid in a position in which it closes the basket with the foodstuff in the basket under compression.
- the ratchet and compression mechanism includes a support plate (126) that extends lengthwise across the lid (104) and has two linear racks (128) at opposite ends thereof corresponding to opposite ends of the lid (104). Each rack (128) is biased so that it cooperates with a corresponding lip (130) formed along a top edge (132) of an end wall (1 10) of the basket (102), as most clearly shown in Figure 7.
- the lip (130) effectively forms a pawl of the ratchet.
- the support plate (126) interconnects the two linear racks (128) and is spring-mounted to the lid so that the lid can maintain compression on the contents of the basket.
- the plate (126) is mounted to the lid (104) in a spaced configuration relative to a top surface (134) of the lid by means of a number of pins (136) which have coil springs (138) on them, the coil springs (138) being compressed when the plate is pushed towards the top surface of the lid.
- each linear rack (128) has a projecting portion (140) that extends at right angles from a corner at which there is a pivot (142) where the linear rack (128) is pivotally mounted to the end of the support plate (126).
- the projecting portion (140) engages with the coil spring (138) of the two pins (136) that are near the edge of the plate so as to bias the linear rack towards the lip (130) in the end wall (1 10).
- the projecting portion (140) may have slots (not visible in the current views) which allow the projecting potion to extend around the pins (136) so as to properly engage with the coil springs (138).
- a paper lining such as baker's paper is placed into the basket (102) and foodstuff such as pieces of meat, which may for example be pieces of pork, are placed in the basket (102) until the basket (102) is full.
- the foodstuff may be mixed with an enzyme such as transglutaminase to help with reconstitution of the foodstuff.
- the lid (104) is then placed on the basket (102) and pressed down to compress the foodstuff, with the ratchet (128) being spring-loaded relation to the lid, so as to maintain compression on the foodstuff in the basket (102).
- the basket (102) is then placed in a location where a food processing step can be carried out, such as smoking, cooking or freezing.
- the food processing equipment also includes a trolley (200) which holds a number of moulds (100) as shown in Figures 8 to 12.
- the trolley (200) includes a pair of rectangular tubular outer frames (202) that carry wheels (204) on a lowermost frame member, and are connected by a number of vertically spaced and horizontally extending metal rods (206).
- nine rods (206) extend between the outer frames (202) along a front (208) of the trolley (200) and along a rear (210) of the trolley (200).
- a number of tracks (212) extend between each corresponding front and rear rod (206).
- Each track (212) is formed by a pair of laser cut and bent strips of metal (214) welded to the rods (206) and shown most clearly in Figure 10.
- two moulds (100) fit one in front of the other on a single track (212), four tracks (212) are provided between each corresponding pair of rods (206) at the front and the back and nine pairs of rods (206) form nine vertically stacked rows of moulds (100), so that the trolley (200) is configured to hold a total of seventy-two moulds (100).
- the embodiment of the mould (105) that includes the wire frame (1 16) is preferable.
- the foot structure of the wire frame (1 16) allows the mould (105) to fit into a wider track which accommodates the full width of the wire frame (1 16), while preventing interference that could otherwise have been caused by the ratchet mechanism (128) of adjacent moulds (105) hooking against each other.
- the apparatus of the invention is cost effective to produce as the moulds can be made from sheet material that is perforated and bent into shape with a minimum number of pieces being required and a minimum amount of welding needed.
- Perforated stainless steel was found to be relatively easy to clean and did not significantly adhere to the contents of the baskets.
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