Patent ID: 6582741
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: A21C,A23L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for introducing a continuous length of foodstuffing into an elongated food product, over a corresponding length of the food product, the device comprising:a tube having opposite, open ends and an inner wall defining a longitudinal passage extending between the opposite ends for receiving the length of the foodstuffing therein the tube having a length selected to correspond to the food product; a slot extending longitudinally between the ends of the tube and in communication with the passage; a cap having a projecting surface for guiding the tube through the food product, the cap being formed of material sufficiently hard to penetrate the food product; means for removably attaching the cap to the tube; a ram sized to be slidably received in the passage of the tube, the ram having an outer wall adjacent to and opposing the inner wall of the tube; a bed adapted to receive the food product thereon, the bed having walls facing opposite sides of the food product when placed thereon, the bed defining a longitudinal channel communicating with at least one of the opposite ends of the food product placed in the bed, wherein the channel extends from both ends of the food product when placed in the bed; at least one sled for sliding in the longitudinal channel toward one of the ends of the food product, the sled having an upper attachment surface; and a blade secured to the attachment surface and extending longitudinal toward the food product when the sled and the food product are in the bed, the attachment surface of the sled positioned above the channel at a height to place the blade in a position to enter the end of the food product at a medial location therein, wherein the device comprises a pair of the sleds, each sled oriented to direct the respective blade toward a corresponding one of the ends of the food product.