Patent ID: 7077738
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: A22C,B23Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing meat, said apparatus including: a conveyor for conveying a cut meat along a path of conveyance; a cleaning station having a housing through which the path of conveyance extends, said cleaning station including at least one fluid nozzle communicably connected to a high pressure fluid source and operable for directing a stream of fluid from the nozzle onto a first cut surface of the meat in a direction to forcibly remove cutting residue from the first cut surface of the meat while the meat is being moved by said conveyor; and said cleaning station further including a first gas nozzle communicably connected to a high pressure gas source and disposed downstream from the fluid nozzle along the path of conveyance and operable for directing a stream of gas from the first gas nozzle onto the first cut surface to blow off fluid.