US 11,969,736 B2
Cross-shaped support for a meat mincing machine
Udo Back, Münnerstadt/Reichenbach (DE)
Assigned to Lumbeck & Wolter GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal (DE)
Appl. No. 18/245,444
Filed by Lumbeck & Wolter GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080606
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096556, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2020 106 351.0 (DE), filed on Nov. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0381789 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B02C 18/30 (2006.01)
CPC B02C 18/305 (2013.01) [B02C 18/302 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cross-shaped support for use with a meat grinder comprising a fastening ring (20, 20′) having one or more recesses (21) or having one or more grooves (22),
the cross-shaped support comprising a hub (11) with a central bore (15), an outer ring (13) and a plurality of webs (12) which extend between the hub (11) and the outer ring (13),
the cross-shaped support having a groove (14) on the outside of the outer ring (13) for non-rotatable mounting in the meat grinder,
wherein in the area of the hub (11) there are one or more protruding noses (16, 16′) that engage with the one or more recesses or the one or more grooves, thereby defining a tool function,
the one or more protruding noses (16, 16′) being arranged on an end face of the hub (11), which one or more protruding noses (16, 16′) project away from the end face of the hub (11), or
the one or more protruding noses (16, 16′) being arranged on a front side of a bearing bushing (17) held in the central bore (15) of the hub (11), the one or more noses 16, 16′) protruding away from the front side of the bearing bushing (17).