Patent ID: 7410414

Claim:
A tenderising machine applicable to the processing of pieces of boned meat, containing or not fatty materials or other loads, comprising: at least two superposed tenderiser assemblies A and B, each comprising a pair of rotatable axial-developed tenderising elements, with a number of cutting members, such as prongs or blades emerging from its surface, with the tenderising elements positioned close together, each pair of tenderising elements a defining a respective aperture with regulable amplitude and with at least one of the said tenderiser elements from each assembly A and B supported and adapted to move further away with respect to the other tenderiser element, said moveable tenderising elements adapted to be responsive to a load element during the passage of the pieces of meat which are pulled along by said pair of tenderising elements and pass from said first pair of tenderising elements to said second pair of tenderising elements by gravity; means for each of the said tenderiser assemblies A and B to regulate the distance between the cutting members of each pair of tenderising elements and to selectively block the movement of said at least one movable tenderising element for each assembly A, B.