Patent ID: 9380792
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A22C

Claim Text:
1. A machine for processing a meat mass, comprising: a rotary drum with an open front end for loading and unloading a meat mass and provided with a lid; a closed rear end; inner blades driving and turning over the meat mass during the rotation of the rotary drum; a support chassis supporting said rotary drum, which is rotated about a rotational shaft; a support base to which said support chassis is articulated by a shaft perpendicular to the rotational shaft and close to said front end of the rotary drum; adjustable inclination means for moving the rear end of said support chassis to effect a height-wise movement in order to change an inclination of the rotary drum in loading and unloading steps, said inclination means comprising two fluid dynamic cylinders arranged on both sides of said rotary drum with first ends fixed to respective points of the support base and second ends fixed to respective points of the rear part of the support chassis, and vibration damping means which dampen the vibrations produced in the support chassis when said rotary drum rotates, said vibration damping means being associated with a rear part of said support chassis adjacent to the rear end of the rotary drum and comprising said two fluid dynamic cylinders which absorb a vertical component of the vibration, wherein the damping means further comprise: an arm fixed to a rear part of said support chassis supporting said rear end of the rotary drum, and a fixed guiding and retaining structure firmly anchored to ground and arranged and configured for guiding a distal end of said arm in a path followed during said height-wise movement and for retaining the arm in a direction transverse to that of said path absorbing a horizontal component of the vibration.