US 12,239,138 B1
Foodstuff processing line systems and methods
Isaac Genshaft, Massillon, OH (US); Anthony Lang, Massillon, OH (US); Dwight Jellison, Massillon, OH (US); and Bill Yeager, Massillon, OH (US)
Assigned to Fresh Mark, Inc., Massillon, OH (US)
Filed by Fresh Mark, Inc., Massillon, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/462,256.
Int. Cl. A23B 4/28 (2006.01); A22C 9/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A22C 18/00 (2006.01); A23B 4/052 (2006.01); A23B 4/06 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 18/00 (2013.01) [A22C 9/001 (2013.01); A22C 17/0006 (2013.01); A22C 17/002 (2013.01); A22C 17/0033 (2013.01); A22C 17/0053 (2013.01); A22C 17/008 (2013.01); A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); A23B 4/052 (2013.01); A23B 4/062 (2013.01); A23B 4/28 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
18. A foodstuff processing system comprising:
a conveyor system;
an injector that is coupled to the conveyor system and that is configured to:
receive, via the conveyor system, a foodstuff in a long edge leading orientation and a fat-side-down orientation;
inject, based on injection instructions, liquid solution into the foodstuff to generate an injected foodstuff; and
advance, via the conveyor system, the injected foodstuff out of the injector;
a flip system that is coupled to an output of the injector via the conveyor system and that is configured to:
receive the injected foodstuff;
flip the injected foodstuff from the fat-side-down orientation to a fat-side-up orientation; and
advance, via the conveyor system, the injected foodstuff in the fat-side-up orientation out of the flip system; and
a cooker that is coupled to an output of the flip system via the conveyor system and that is configured to:
receive the injected foodstuff in the fat-side-up orientation;
cook, based on cooking instructions, the injected foodstuff that results in a cooked foodstuff, wherein the cooker is spirally configured such that a belt that is included in the cooker and that is coupled to the conveyor system rotates, raises, and lowers the injected foodstuff while the injected foodstuff is being cooked by the cooker; and
advance, via the conveyor system, the cooked foodstuff out of the cooker.