Equipment for transporting and treating meat

Claim 2

An equipment for transporting and treating materials suitable to be filled into containers, comprising: at least one container having the shape of a rotary body and having its one front end closed and adapted to be transported on a roller means, the other front end of said container being provided with a cover lid, a movement tratment station having at least one supporting means for supporting said container, carrying rollers for said container, a drive means for driving at least one of said carrying rollers, each of said supporting means being arranged for angular movement around a swivelling axis from a container engaging position into a container operating position, wherein in said container operating position the container is engaged by said supporting means and rests on said carrying rollers so that said container can be rotated around the container axis by means of said driven carrying roller.

Claim 3

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said swivelling axis extends horizontally.

Claim 4

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein shafts are provided for said carrying rollers, said shafts extend perpendicularly relative to a bottom plate of said supporting means, one of said shafts is arranged for being driven by said drive means mounted on the supporting means exteriorily thereof, said supporting means comprises a frame having an open side, the dimensions of said open side of said frame are such that said container can be inserted into said frame till said container engages said carrying rollers, when said supporting means are in said container engaging position.

Claim 5

An equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shaft of said carrying rollers extend vertically when said supporting frame is in said container engaging position and extend horizontally when said supporting frame is in said container operating position.

Claim 6

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said container is cylindrical in shape.

Claim 7

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a tilting means is provided for tilting said supporting means and locking said supporting means in at least one intermediate position located between said container engaging position and said container operating position.

Claim 8

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided for controlling the reVolution speed of said driven carrying roller.

Claim 9

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided for controlling the sense of rotation of said driven roller.

Claim 10

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein means are provided for controlling the duration of rotation of said container within said supporting means.

Claim 11

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover lid of said container is provided with fittings for producing a vacuum within said container.

Claim 12

An equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of containers is provided, said movement treatment station comprises a plurality of supporting means arranged in a series, each of said supporting means being individually tiltable and provided with two parallel sets of said carrying rollers, one of said sets of carrying rollers of each of said supporting means being driven by said drive means.

Claim 13

An equipment for transporting and treating meat comprising: at least one container for said meat and having the shape of a rotary body with its periphery shaped as a surface of revolution and having its one front end closed and adapted to be transported on a roller means, a cover member for closing the other front end of said container, a rotational movement meat treatment station having at least one supporting means for supporting said container so that it can be rotated around the axis of said surface of revolution, carrying rollers for rotationally supporting said container on said supporting means, a drive means for driving at least one of said carrying rollers, each of said supporting means being adapted for angular movement around a swivelling axis from a container engaging position into a container operating position, wherein in said container engaging position the container can be transported on said roller means into a position in which it is engaged by said supporting means while in said container operating position of said supporting means said container rests on said carrying rollers so that said container can be rotated around said axis by means of said driven carrying roller.

Claim 14

An equipment for transporting and treating meat comprising: at least one container for said meat and having the shape of a rotary body with its periphery shaped as a surface of revolution and having its one front end closed and adapted to be transported on a roller means, a cover member for closing the other front end of said container, a rotational movement meat treatment station having at least one supporting means for supporting said container so that it can be rotated around the axis of said surface of revolution, carrying rollers for rotationally supporting said container on said supporting means, a drive means for driving at least one of said carrying rollers, each of said supporting means being adapted for angular movement around a swivelling axis from a container engaging position into a container operating position, wherein in said container engaging position the container can be transported on said roller means into a position in which it is engaged by said supporting means while in said container operating position of said supporting means said container rests on said carrying rollers so that said container can be rotated around said axis by means of said driven carrying roller.