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Abstract

A raw meat processor for injecting a pickle into masses of raw meat and cutting the fibers of the raw meat. The raw meat processor includes a pickle injection needle assembly comprising a number of pickle injection needles. A raw meat feed conveyor extends horizontally for intermittently feeding the masses of raw meat from its one end to the other end through a working station therebetween. The injection needle assembly is installed above the working station of the feed conveyor. The injection needles extend vertically. The injection needles each includes an elongated cylindrical hollow body for directing the pickle and a tip secured to the lower end of the hollow body, the tip of each of the injection needles having a cutting edge. The injection needle assembly is actuated to move between an upper position and a lower position so that the injection needles are engaged and thrust into the masses of raw meat fed onto the working station of the feed conveyor and the fibers of the raw meat are cut by the cutting edge of each of the injection needles. The pickle is supplied into the hollow body of each of the injection needles to be injected into the masses of raw meat when the injection needles are thrust into the masses of raw meat.

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