Cutting – With means to deform work temporarily
Patent
1997-04-23
2000-08-15
Dexter, Clark F.
Cutting
With means to deform work temporarily
83 19, 83 755, 83 77, 8352226, 83620, 83932, A22C 1702, B26D 727
Patent
active
061019135
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a method for cutting a piece of meat into a predetermined number of steaks, said method comprising placing the piece of meat in a mould the bottom, cover and walls of which substantially enclose the piece of meat, and inserting cutting elements into the mould through slots provided in the walls, cover and/or bottom of the mould, whereby the piece of meat is cut into a predetermined number of steaks by means of said cutting elements. The invention also relates to an apparatus for cutting a piece of meat into steaks of constant predetermined weight, said apparatus comprising a mould for receiving the piece of meat, said mould comprising a substantially rectangular bottom, from which side walls project, the longitudinal side walls being provided with slots having regular intervals and extending from the bottom of the mould to the upper edge of the side walls, a movable cover, movable cutting elements arranged to be inserted into the mould substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the mould through the slots provided in the longitudinal walls for cutting the piece of meat.
The present invention relates to the cutting of meat and particularly to problems associated with cutting a piece of meat into steaks of equal size and predetermined weight. Conventionally steaks have been cut manually from a larger piece of meat, wherefore the size of the steaks has been mainly dependent on the experience and estimate of the person cutting the meat. After being cut, the steaks have been weighed, and strips of meat have been removed from the steaks that have been too heavy, and strips of meat have been pressed against the surface of the steaks that have been too light to make them attach thereto.
In practice, the cutting method described above has proved to be far too inaccurate and slow. The manual cutting method has also entailed significant losses of raw material. This is mainly due to the fact that after the cutting the steaks have been usually somewhat too heavy, since in practice it is very difficult to increase the weight of the steaks afterwards. The weight of supplied steaks has therefore often exceeded the intended weight, which has led to losses of raw material if the pricing has been based on the number of supplied steaks. Even in cases where the size of the steaks that have been too heavy has been reduced before they have been supplied to the customer, there have been significant losses. The main reason for this is that the price of the strips of meat obtained in this way is lower per kilogramme than the price of steaks.
The object of the present invention is to solve the problems described above and to provide a method which allows a piece of meat to be cut rapidly and simply into a predetermined number of steaks. This is achieved with a method according to the present invention, which is characterized in that at least one of the walls of the mould is a removable plate which is selectively inserted into the mould through said slots for adjusting the length of the mould, and before the cutting elements are inserted into the mould, the piece of meat is subjected to pressure in such a way that the bottom, the cover or at least one of the walls is movable and at least partly pressed into the mould until the piece of meat is so compressed as to fill substantially the entire space between the bottom, walls and cover of the mould.
The invention is based on the idea of significantly simplifying and expediting the cutting of a piece of meat into a predetermined number of steaks by at first compressing the piece of meat in a mould until it has a predetermined shape, and thereafter cutting the moulded piece of meat by inserting knives into the mould through slots provided in its cover, side walls or bottom. The number of steaks obtained from a piece of meat thus depends on the design of the mould, i.e. the number of slots provided in the mould, instead of the estimate made by the person cutting the meat. Providing the slots at regular, predetermined interv
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Gahmberg Charles E. C.
Gahmberg Tom J. C.
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