Patent ID: 7886659

Claim:
An automatic plant for the treatment and packing of meat product, comprising: at least one injection station for injecting brine into a meat product to be treated; first and second maceration stations for macerating said meat product, including respective first and second rotating drums for massaging the meat product and adapted to tip the meat product from the inside thereof into a plurality of respective first and second tanks suitable for housing the meat product, and respective first and second loading-reloading devices for transferring the meat product from said first and second tanks respectively to said first and second rotating drums; an accumulating and loading unit associated with a distributing device for accumulating the meat product coming from said injection station and for selectively loading batches of the meat product into one or more of said first and/or second tanks of said respective first and second maceration stations; a transfer unit associated with a collecting device for selectively transferring the meat product from the first or second maceration station to at least one hopper; at least one packing station for packing the meat product coming from said at least one hopper; and computerized control means for coordinating operation of said injection station, said first and second maceration stations, said accumulating and loading unit, said transfer unit and said packing station so as to maintain a substantially continuous production regime, wherein said distributing device comprises a container assembled in a truck actuated so as to draw said container between a loading position, located to receive said meat product coming from the injection station, and at least one unloading position, located to unload the meat product to one of the first and second tanks of the first and second maceration stations; and wherein the first and second maceration stations comprise respective first and second loading-reloading devices for directly transferring the meat product from each first and second tank to the inside of the respective one of the first and second rotating drum through a loading mouth thereof.