A system for forming moulded meat products from a meat mass comprising. The system comprises a mould with at least one mould cavity, a meat supply pump and an interface module for connecting the meat supply channel to the mould. The interface module comprises a tubular section, a meat supply opening, a meat delivery opening, and a rotatable drive shaft comprising a first end outside the tubular section, configured to engage with a drive means and a second end extending inside the tubular section. The system further comprises an additive supply for controllably supplying an additive via an additive supply channel.
A system for forming moulded meat products from a meat mass comprising. The system comprises a mould with at least one mould cavity, a meat supply pump and an interface module for connecting the meat supply channel to the mould. The interface module comprises a tubular section, a meat supply opening, a meat delivery opening, and a rotatable drive shaft comprising a first end outside the tubular section, configured to engage with a drive means and a second end extending inside the tubular section. The system further comprises an additive supply for controllably supplying an additive via an additive supply channel.
A method is provided for cleaning food product molding inserts that have been temporarily detached from a movable mold member of a molding device that is configured for molding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass.
Production of three-dimensional products from a mass of pumpable fibrous foodstuff material, for example from ground meat. The mass is fed into a chamber via an inlet. A perforated plate is stationary arranged at an outlet side and has a multitude of perforations therein between an inlet face and an opposed outlet face. A flow channels assembly comprises multiple flow channels, each having a flow channel inlet opening, a flow channel discharge mouth, and a flow channel length. The inlet openings are stationary arranged adjoining the outlet face of the perforated plate, so that each flow channel receives therein strands of fibrous foodstuff material emerging at the outlet face from a subset of the multitude of perforations. The strands merge into a coherent bundle, in which the strands are arranged against one another in a generally parallel orientation. The bundle is confined within the flow channel and passes through the flow channel to the discharge mouth where the bundle is discharged, whilst maintaining the generally parallel orientation of the strands in the bundle. A production device is arranged at the discharge mouths of the flow channels assembly, which production device is configured and operated to produce three-dimensional products, each product out of a portion of a bundle that is discharged from one of the discharge mouths.
Cleaning food product moulding inserts that have been temporarily detached from a movable mould member of a moulding device that is configured for moulding food products from a pumpable foodstuff mass. Each insert has one or more recessed mould cavities. A permeable volume is present between the inner face and the one or more mould cavities to allow for, in operation of the moulding device, passing of pressurized ejection fluid from the inner face through the permeable volume to the mould cavity in order to assist release of the food product formed in the mould cavity from the insert. Use is made of an inserts cleaning device comprising an inserts carrier configured to temporarily mount thereon multiple inserts at respective insert mounting positions, one or more cleaning liquid feed ducts, a pump connected to the one or more cleaning liquid feed ducts, the one or more liquid feed ducts leading from the pump to the mounting positions of the inserts carrier, a collector device for collecting cleaning liquid, and a cleaning liquid recirculation assembly extending from the collector device to the pump, a filter device arranged in the recirculation assembly.
A tooling for forming patties from a food mass includes a mould cavity holder; a mould cavity arranged such that it is received in the mould cavity holder, the mould cavity being made of a material porous to a fluid and including an internal face defining a patty forming mould and an external face separated from the internal face by a body of porous material; a clamp for clamping the mould cavity in the mould cavity holder; and a seal placed between the mould cavity and one of the mould cavity holder and the clamp. The seal is arranged such that it forces a pressure fluid, brought to the external face of the body of porous material to pass therethrough to the internal face.
A system for forming all variants of hamburger steaks, without being dedicated to a single variant, from a mass of meat comprises a mold including at least one cavity for forming hamburger steak, a channel for supplying the meat mass to the mold, and an element for forming an interface between the channel for supplying the meat mass and the mold. The element for forming an interface includes a pipe length having a first end connected to an outlet of the channel for supplying the meat mass and an opposite second end connected to an inlet of the mold, a grinding plate, and edges for holding the grinding plate in a cross section of the pipe length, the edges for holding the grinding plate being discretely distributed along the pipe length.
The tooling (10) for forming patties from a food mass comprising: - a mould cavity holder (11); - a mould cavity (12) arranged such that it is received in the mould cavity holder, the mould cavity being made of a material porous to a fluid and comprising an internal face (123) defining a patty forming mould (121) and an external face (122) separated from the internal face by a body of porous material; - a means (13) of clamping the mould cavity in the mould cavity holder; and, - a seal (14, 15, 17) placed between the mould cavity and one of the mould cavity holder and the clamping means, the seal being arranged such that it forces a pressure fluid, brought to the external face of the body of porous material to pass therethrough to the internal face.
The invention relates to a system for forming all variants of hamburger steaks (10), without being dedicated to a single variant, from a mass of meat (V), comprising a mold (12) including at least one cavity (140) for forming hamburger steak and a channel (3) for supplying the meat mass to the mold, and an element (20) for forming an interface between the supply channel and the mold. Said interface element includes: a pipe length (24, 25) having a first end (241) connected to an outlet of the supply channel and an opposite second end (201) connected to an inlet of the mold, a grinding plate (28, 48), and means (242, 251) for holding the grinding plate in a cross section of the pipe length, the holding means being discretely distributed along the pipe length.
A machine including a supply of gelling agent (45), a supply of acidic buffer solution (47), a third supply of food inlet (51) connected to a source of food (53), a mixer (27) connected to the gelling agent and acidic buffer solution supplies, for delivering a mixture of gelling agent and acidic buffer solution, and a co-extruder (31) fed with food (51) and with said mixture, for extruding the food at the center and the mixture at the periphery, so as to obtain the expected food product at the outlet.
Marel Townsend Further Processing B.V. (Netherlands)
Marel France (France)
Inventor
Le Paih, Jacques
Pierre, Yohann
Le Pabic, Fabrice
Spierts, Leon Marie Francois
Hoekstra-Suurs, Patricia Rosa Maria
Kools, Johannes Marinus Quirinus
Meulendijks, Johannes Martinus
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of: a) providing a food particles; b) providing a viscous gelling agent; c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution; and d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent. The present invention further relates to a device for performing this method, to the obtained food product and the use of an acidic buffer solution for stabilizing food products.
A23L 29/256 - Foods or foodstuffs containing additivesPreparation or treatment thereof containing gelling or thickening agents of vegetable origin from seaweeds, e.g. alginates, agar or carrageenan
A23L 29/262 - CelluloseDerivatives thereof, e.g. ethers
The invention relates to a method and device for producing portions from a strand (B), in particular for the production of sausages, comprising at least one pair of opposing clamps (1, 1′) that can be moved towards one another by actuating means, from an open position to a closed position in order to clamp the strand. Each clamp comprises clamping means (2, 2′, 3, 3′) that can he maneuvered by the aforementioned actuating means (70, 9; 70′, 9′) in order to clamp the strand onto a central strand segment, and subsequently to clamp the strand onto side strand segments on each side of the central segment.
The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of portions from at least one continuous strand of a food product, in particular for the production of meatballs. The machine comprises: an extrusion device which can deliver a continuous strand in a vertical direction, and a portioning device that includes at least one cutting system. The cutting system comprises cutting elements (30) which can be moved transversely to the vertical direction between an open position, in which the strand passes between the cutting elements, and a closed position for cutting the strand and forming portions of the food product. In addition, each cutting system comprises ejection means (5) for ejecting the forming portions downwards from the cutting elements. The ejection means include at least one lower channel (5, 105) that is fluidly connected to a compressed fluid such that compressed fluid can be injected into the lower channel when the lower channel is in a closed position. The lower channel is formed in a body of the corresponding cutting element.
B29C 47/00 - Extrusion moulding, i.e. expressing the moulding material through a die or nozzle which imparts the desired form; Apparatus therefor (extrusion blow-moulding B29C 49/04)
B65B 25/06 - Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
A21C 11/10 - Other machines for forming the dough into its final shape before cooking or baking combined with cutting apparatus
A21C 5/08 - Dough-dividing machines with radial, i.e. star-like, cutter-blades slidable in the slots of, and relatively to, a pressing-plunger
A21C 7/06 - Machines which homogenise the subdivided dough by working other than by kneading combined with dividing machines with radial, i.e. star-like, cutter-blades slidable in the slots of, and relatively to, a pressing-plunger
The invention relates to a machine comprising: a gelling agent supply (45), an acid buffer solution supply (47), a third food supply (51) connected to a food source (53), a mixer (27) connected to the gelling agent and acid buffer solution supplies in order to deliver a mixture of a gelling agent and an acid buffer mixture, and a co-extruder (31) supplied with food (51) and with said mixture, in order to extrude the food in the centre and the mixture on the periphery so as to obtain the desired food product at the outlet.
The aim of the invention is to feed products, such as sausages, to a packaging machine. To this end: the food products (1) are moved by one or more upstream conveyors (191, 193), on at least one of which a buffer area (10) is formed in order to accumulate the food products; the accumulated food products are then moved by a downstream conveyor (13) provided with housings (13a) for receiving the food products individually or in groups, in order to feed a packaging machine, characterized in that: the buffer area (10) is formed on a surface of the upstream conveyor(s) that is free of housings for receiving the food products individually or in groups.
B65G 47/08 - Devices for feeding articles or materials to conveyors for feeding articles from a single group of articles arranged in orderly pattern, e.g. workpieces in magazines spacing or grouping the articles during feeding
B65B 35/44 - Arranging and feeding articles in groups by endless belts or chains
B65G 47/26 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles
B65G 47/31 - Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors arranging the articles, e.g. varying spacing between individual articles during transit by a series of conveyors by varying the relative speeds of the conveyors forming the series
B65G 47/51 - Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyors with distribution, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
MAREL TOWNSEND FURTHER PROCESSING B.V. (Netherlands)
MAREL FRANCE (France)
Inventor
Le Paih, Jacques
Pierre, Yohann
Le Pabic, Fabrice
Spierts, Léon Marie Francois
Hoekstra-Suurs, Patricia Rosa Maria
Kools, Johannes Marinus Quirinus
Meulendijks, Johannes Martinus
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of processing food particles with a gelling agent, comprising the processing steps of: a) providing a food particles; b) providing a viscous gelling agent; c) treating the viscous gelling agent with an acidic buffer solution; and d) bringing at least a part of the food particles in contact with the viscous gelling agent. The present invention further relates to a device for performing this method, to the obtained food product and the use of an acidic buffer solution for stabilizing food products.
The invention relates to a method and a device for the production of portions from at least one continuous strand of a food product, in particular for the production of meatballs. The machine comprises: an extrusion device which can deliver a continuous strand in a vertical direction, and a portioning device including at least one cutting system. The cutting system comprises cutting elements (30) which can be moved transversely to the vertical direction between an open position, in which the stand passes between the cutting elements, and a closed position for cutting the strand and forming portions of the food product. In addition, each cutting system comprises ejection means (5) for ejecting the portions downwards from the cutting elements.
The invention relates to a method and device for producing portions from a strand (B), in particular for the production of sausages, comprising at least one pair of opposing clamps (1, 1') that can be moved towards one another by actuating means, from an open position to a closed position in order to clamp the strand. Each clamp comprises clamping means (2, 2', 3, 3') that can be manoeuvred by the aforementioned actuating means (70, 9; 70', 9') in order to clamp the strand onto a central strand segment, and subsequently to clamp the strand onto side strand segments on each side of the central segment.
This invention relates to a machine for shaping three-dimensional portions of food product, in particular meat, in particular for shaping portions of minced meat, provided with an interleaving paper applying device, as well as a corresponding paper applying device. The machine comprises a shaping device (1) with shaping cells (2) wherein are shaped portions (S) of food product, and a paper applying device (3) comprising an applying drum (4) provided with on its peripheral cylindrical surface (41) at least one paper applying system (5) in order to take and maintain papers (9) on its peripheral surface and apply them on the portions placed in the shaping cells. The machine also has drives the cells and applying drum in synchronism.
This invention relates to a machine for shaping three-dimensional portions of food product, in particular meat, in particular for shaping portions of minced meat, provided with an interleaving paper applying device, as well as a corresponding paper applying device. The machine comprises a shaping device (1) with shaping cells (2) wherein are shaped portions (S) of food product, and a paper applying device (3) comprising an applying drum (4) provided with on its peripheral cylindrical surface (41) at least one paper applying system (5) in order to take and maintain papers (9) on its peripheral surface and apply them on the portions placed in the shaping cells, said machine comprising driving means in order to drive in synchronism the cells and the applying drum.
a) and being arranged such that the front edge of the first and second plates form respectively first (181) and second (182) variable-cross-section passages. The invention also includes at least one blade associated with the pair of clamps, which can be moved transversely to the plates between the first passage and the second passage in order to cut the sausage.
b, 410), which traverses transversely from one side to the other of said main internal passageway in order to cut the food product into at least two layers and so produce textured portions (P1) of food products.
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