Amber L Engelke

US Patent:

20120295005, Nov 22, 2012

Filed:

May 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/468775

Inventors:

Thomas W. Kleckner - McFarland WI, US
Amber Lynne Engelke - Cottage Grove WI, US

International Classification:

A23L 1/317
A22C 11/08
A22C 11/02
A22C 11/06
A23L 1/314
B05C 19/04

US Classification:

426574, 426646, 118 24, 452 35, 452 45, 452 44, 452 40

Abstract:

An apparatus and method of applying dry ingredients to a meat includes a stuffing horn with separate flow channels. An outer elongated flow channel is configured to have tubular casings disposed therearound. An inner elongated flow channel is disposed within the outer elongated flow channel. A first inlet is configured to introduce a meat stream into the inner elongated flow channel. A second inlet, connected to the inner elongated flow channel, is configured to introduce dry ingredients into the conduit between the outer and inner elongated flow channels. At the end of the stuffing horn, the inner and outer elongated flow channels are configured to create a void space around the meat stream where the dry ingredients are deposited onto an outside surface of the meat stream prior to the meat stream being deposited into a tubular casing.