Granted Patent B2

US 12,677,840 · App. 18/971,307 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Inventors: Kenneth Benjamin Gulak (Oakville, CA); Neil Metcalfe (Oakville, CA)

Assignee: POSS DESIGN LIMITED

A22C17/004

Abstract

Claims (8)

1 . A method of separating meat from bone, comprising:

feeding meat-laden bones to a compression screw rotating within a barrel;

wherein the compression screw and the barrel cooperate to progressively compress the meat-laden bones to force the meat-laden bones radially outward against an inner wall of the barrel as the meat-laden bones move axially along the compression screw; and

separating at least a portion of the meat from the meat-laden bones by forcing the meat through apertures in the barrel while inhibiting the meat-laden bones from co-rotating within the barrel along with the compression screw.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein inhibiting the meat-laden bones from co-rotating within the barrel along with the compression screw is accomplished by cooperation of:

guide channels extending axially along an inner surface of the barrel; with

curved fillets extending between a root of the compression screw and screw flights of the compression screw.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising feeding the meat forced through the apertures to a second stage separator.

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