US PATENT SUBCLASS 452 / 141
TENDERIZERS


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452 /   HD   BUTCHERING

141TENDERIZERS {5}
142  DF  .~> Coacting rolls
143  DF  .~> Roll and plate
144  DF  .~> Coacting toothed plates
145  DF  .~> Hand roll
146  DF  .~> Hand manipulated pounder {1}


DEFINITION

Classification: 452/141

TENDERIZERS:

(under the class definition) Method or apparatus for rendering meat more easily chewed by either (1) electrical stimulation or (2) tearing, crushing, slitting or piercing of muscle tissue.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

30, Cutlery, appropriate subclasses for hand manipulated tools, adapted for tendering meat but disclosed as being of a more general utility.

100, Presses, appropriate subclasses for presses of general utility.

241, Solid Material Comminution or Disintegration,

198.1+, for cooperating comminuting surfaces which function in a manner similar to mechanical meat tenderizers.

426, Food or Edible Material: Processes, Compositions, and Products, appropriate subclasses for the tenderization of meat through the use of chemicals.