Patent ID: 6265882
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring the content of intramuscular fat in carcasses or parts thereof or the total content of fat in minced meat, comprising:a first pair of electrodes consisting of two parallel insertion electrodes (5a, 5b) which protrude from a plate (4);an AC generator connected to said electrodes to generate a current in a muscle in a carcass or part thereof or in minced meat after the electrodes have been inserted in the muscle or minced meat;second and third pairs of electrodes, each of said pairs consisting of two insertion electrodes (6a, 6b), which are placed parallel to the first pair of insertion electrodes (5a, 5b) and protrude from the same plate (4), the electrodes of the second and third pairs of electrodes (6a, 6b; 7a, 7b) being arranged symmetrically about a line defined by the two electrodes of the first pair of electrodes; andmeans of measuring the voltage and phase of the second and third pairs of electrodes (6a, 6b; 7a, b) individually after the electrodes have been inserted into the muscle or into minced meat and the muscle or minced meat is exposed to the current of the first pair of electrodes.