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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396455 | Brine container with filter system Brine container, at which a suction filter (24) is disposed, in which the brine container has a circulating filter system (28), which has a filter (34) and a pump (30), with which the brine (22) can be pumped through the circulatin... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7244061 | Marinating machine A marinating machine rotates a drum containing the food to be marinated. The drum is positioned on a pair of rotatable shafts only one of which is drivingly engaged to a motor rotating the drum. The pair of shafts is spaced far enough apart from each other such that... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229656 | Food tumbler A counter-top appliance has a food container with internal fins extending inward from the outer wall at an angle offset from radial. The food container is coupled to a motor for rotation in either of two directions. One direction of rotation produces a scooping, ele... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7179160 | Automated apparatus and system for cooking, drying and peeling shellfish products A fully automated apparatus and system for processing shellfish such as shrimp and crawfish including the cooking, drying and peeling thereof. The present invention utilizes excessive heat generated by boilers to heat the dryers. The product is cooked in a brine mix... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7077057 | Plant for continuous processing and packing of meat products and method for the implementation thereof A method and apparatus for a meat processing plant includes an injecting station (10) for injecting meats with brine, a macerating station (20) for massaging the injected meat including movable, plural resting tasks (24) and means (26) fo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070319 | Sample rotator with fixed sampling point A device for holding and rotating cylindrical sample containers for use in analytical instrumentation. The device maintains the surface of material in the container at a constant location during rotation by using a series of fixed contact points. The drive wheel is ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7047874 | Marinade tumbler A food marinating apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical canister and a base unit including a motor, a plurality of rollers, a vacuum pump, and a control panel. The base unit is operable to rotate the canister thereon. The vacuum pump is provided for reducin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047875 | Marinating food tumbler apparatus A food marinating apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical canister and a base unit including a motor, a plurality of rollers, a vacuum pump, and a control panel. The base unit is operable to rotate the canister thereon. The vacuum pump is provided for reducin... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7024988 | Plant for the continuous processing and packing of meat products It comprises an injection station (10); a maceration station (20), including a massaging rotating drum (22) and several drawn quiescent tanks (24); and a packaging station (30). Such stations are linked by an accumulation and loadi... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007594 | Tumbler for marinating food product A vacuum tumbler for marinating food products within a liquid. The vacuum tumbler comprises a container having an interior wall, the interior wall defining a chamber for containing the liquid. A rib extends inwardly from the interior wall at least one-quarter of the... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6896921 | Method of reducing bacteria and fat content of food products In one embodiment of the present invention a method for processing a plurality of food products includes loading the food products into a vacuum tumbler, filling the vacuum tumbler to a predetermined level with a processing solution having a pH level within a predet... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6796219 | Automatic baster A method and apparatus for automatically basting a roasting item in an oven. A pump apparatus disposed outside of the oven provides pressure to a system of tubes which collect pan drippings and gravy (juices) from the bottom of a pan and dispense the drippings over ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6763760 | Machine for injecting liquids A machine for injecting liquids. An air booster pump is adapted to receive injectate. The air booster pump is in fluid communication with one or more heads having apertures for nozzles. A hollow tube is preferably, but not necessarily, located within each head and i... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6701830 | Cheese brining apparatus Above-ground tanks form brining cells into which cheese blocks are conveyed by common inlet and outlet flumes. Each cell has a removable conveyor assembly having a looped link belt driven around a frame by a motor. Perpendicular, tubular, or hinged segmen... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6662712 | Method of and apparatus for processing PSE meat Pale, soft and exudative parts of bodies of meat are rendered substantially indistinguishable from other parts of the meat bodies by massaging a brine or marinade into the meat utilizing a paddle massager in which the lifting sides of the paddle are provi... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658990 | Bushing construction for a fluid injection machine in a food processing system A multiple-use injection machine of the type used in food processing, is especially suited for selectively injecting treatment media into meat products including, inter alia, beef, pork, whole chickens and chicken parts. The treatment media is chose from ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6513423 | Pickling machine with hydraulically buffered needles A pickling machine includes a carrier, a plurality of needles mounted to the carrier, a valve for controlling the supply of brine to the needles, and a pressure cylinder associated with each of the needles for buffering them. The valve includes, for each ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6497176 | Meat injection machine A meat injection machine has a frame, and a vertically movable head thereon. A horizontal conveyor is on the frame, and a plurality of injector needles are positioned over the conveyor. A plurality of vertically disposed needles are on the conveyor. Means... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6458397 | Staging system for automated cheese processing equipment A cheese processing system utilizes a liquid flume to convey blocks of cheese between two components of the system. A staging section is provided in the flume to accumulate cheese blocks into groups that are more easily handled by the component at the out... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6439112 | Needle for food item injection The present invention provides a needle for injecting substances into food products, and a method of making such needles, such devices comprising a generally tubular body having a pointed end and a second end, an axial duct in the tubular body, openings l... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6419968 | Method and apparatus for producing sausage A method for making sausages comprises coextruding sausage paste and collagen to form a continuous sausage body having an outer tube comprising collagen in surrounding relation to the sausage paste. The continuous sausage body is separated into individual... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6405646 | Needle register for pickling machines Needle register for pickling machines, including one or more needles (12) that are fed with brine from a pressurized chamber (18), and valves (22) that are assigned to the individual needles for controlling the flow of brine, in which each needle (12) is ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6401604 | Conveyorized cheese brining apparatus A series of narrow and tall above-ground stainless steel tanks define independent brining cells into which cheese blocks are conveyed by common inlet and outlet flumes. Each cell has a removable conveyor assembly having a looped plastic link belt driven a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6393977 | Apparatus for pressure treating shellfish The invention relates to a process for eliminating pathogenic organisms from raw food products, such as raw shellfish, whereby the molluscan shellfish is exposed to hydrostatic pressure of relatively high value, for example between 20,000 p.s.i. to 50,000... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393976 | Automated brine system with a carousel for cooling cheese An apparatus has a tank with a vertical carousel holding blocks of cheese. The carousel moves in a closed path which submerges and flips over the blocks of cheese in a chilled brine solution contained in the tank. The movement of the carrousel ensures tha... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6386099 | Continuous high-speed pickle injector A continuous high-speed pickle injector is provided with improved productivity that can inject a liquid substance such as brine for curing, seasoning or the like into a block of meat such as pork, beef, livestock meat and the like continuously, and disper... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6379734 | Automated brine system for cooling cheese An apparatus has a brine tank that is subdivided into cooling cells each having a vertical carousel for submerging blocks of cheese. The cheese blocks are carried through an inlet flume by a flow of brine and then sequentially diverted into the cooling ce... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6145432 | Cooking pot A cooking pot for the preparation and dispensing of food. The pot can be operated at atmospheric pressure, at higher pressures as a pressure-cooker, or under vacuum as a vacuum tumbler. The pot is rotatable about both its longitudinal axis and its lateral... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6014926 | Injection into meat and pickle injector for use therein The present invention intends to provide a method of injection into meat in which brine for curing or seasoning liquid is uniformly dispersed in a green meat efficiently and continuously without deteriorating a meat property; curing and seasoning can be a... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5997919 | Method and apparatus for removing brine from coextruded sausage strands A method and apparatus for coagulating a coextruded collagen gel on a sausage strand by removing residual brine from the strand after coagulation by passing the elongated sausage strand through an aperture of a flexible diaphragm having a diameter equal t... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5989609 | Method and apparatus for coagulating the outer surface of a sausage strand discharged from a sausage extruding machine The sausage strand is extruded onto a belt and carried through a brine shower system for about 40 seconds. The brine is sprayed through nozzles onto the sausage while traveling on the belt. The sausage is turned several times during the shower to insure e... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5980963 | Method and apparatus for pumping marinated products Storing and transporting meat products after marinating and before packaging causes a loss of marinade from the meat product. This loss of marinade is reduced by surrounding the marinated meat product in excess marinade during storage and by containing th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5947015 | Massage plant for meat A massage plant for the processing of chunks of meat includes a container (22) which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and includes axially or substantially axially extending interior conveyors (16), each made as a hollow profile containing interna... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5934187 | Marinade applicator A marinade applicator having a substantially cylindrical container for various liquid seasonings or marinades. The container has a cylindrical top opening for accommodating a screw-on-top having a plurality of needles or prongs attached thereto. The prong... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5913968 | Device for injecting fluids into food Device for injecting fluids into foods, with at least one fluid chamber into which is fed the fluid under pressure, with several hollow needles which each are connected with the fluid chamber or one of the fluid chambers via a valve device and movable in ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5860318 | Stroke adjustment device for pickling machines Device for the adjustment of the stroke length of a needle carrier (12) of a pickling machine, which can be moved back and forth in such a way that the lower deadpoint of the needle carrier is independent of the stroke length, is characterized by the fact... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5843504 | Method and apparatus for coagulating the outer surface of a sausage strand discharged from a sausage extruding machine The sausage strand is extruded onto a belt and carried through a brine shower system for about 40 seconds. The brine is sprayed through nozzles onto the sausage while traveling on the belt. The sausage is turned several times during the shower to insure e... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5792497 | Method and apparatus for producing twisted string cheese products A cheese processing machine includes an extruder assembly for forming the cheese into a string. The disclosed assembly has two extruders each forcing a different type of cheese in a plastic state into separate chambers of an extrusion head. The extrusion ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5773060 | Method of controlling and adjusting the amount of fluid injected into a meat product A method of injecting fluid into meat entails weighing the meat product, injecting it with fluid, weighing the injected meat product, determining the ratio between these weights, comparing that ratio with a target ratio, and adjusting the time that the ne... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5664488 | Means for controlling and adjusting the amount of fluid injected into a meat product A meat injection machine has a fluid manifold with a plurality of fluid reservoirs, and a group of injection needles associated with each reservoir. Each needle is slidably mounted in a stripper tube which in turn is slidably mounted in the fluid manifold... | 09/09/1997 |
