System and method for production of exact weight ground meat

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7220176
APP PUB NO 20050227602A1
SERIAL NO

10708439

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A method and system for producing portions of ground meat having a predetermined target weight is disclosed. This system includes a pump assembly that is capable of extruding a stream of ground meat, a conveyor that is capable of transporting the stream of ground meat from the pump assembly, a portioning mechanism that is capable of separating the stream of ground meat into a plurality of portions, a weighing mechanism that is capable of weighing each portion of the plurality of portions, and at least one filling mechanism that provides an additional amount of ground meat to each portion of the plurality of portions so that each portion of the plurality of portions can substantially attain the predetermined target weight.

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TYSON FRESH MEATS INC800 STEVENS PORT DRIVE SUITE 836 DAKOTA DUNES SD 57049

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hartwick, Ty Albert Sioux City, IA 1 13

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