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65 frank c. mello - 6511370 - method of docking pork bellies
1. (12) United States Patent
Mello et al.
(54) METHOD OF DOCKING PORK BELLIES
(75) Inventors: Frank C. Mello, West Point, MS (US);
Jeffrey A. Williams, Calhoun, GA (US)
(73) Assignee: Sara Lee Corp., Winston-Salem, NC
(US)
( *) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
patent is extended or adjusted under 35
U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/789,209
(22)
(51)
(52)
(58)
(56)
Filed: Feb. 20, 2001
Int. Cl? ................................................ A22C 18/00
U.S. Cl. ........................................ 452/193; 426/264
Field of Search ................................. 452/193, 175;
426/264, 480; 99/636, 637, 643
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(10) Patent No.: US 6,511,370 B1
Jan.28,2003(45) Date of Patent:
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Primary Examiner-Peter M. Poon
Assistant Examiner-Joan M. Olszewski
(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm---Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
(57) ABSTRACT
A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced bacon
comprises receiving at least one pork belly, having a flank
end and a shoulder end, from a pork belly treating process.
The flank end and the shoulder end of the at least one pork
belly is docked. The docked pork belly is placed on a slicing
machine and sliced to produce sliced bacon.
22 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets
20 10
.--s
15
4. U.S. Patent Jan.28,2003 Sheet 3 of 5 US 6,511,370 B1
The pork belly is cured.
75
,,.
The pork belly is cooked. 80
,,.
The pork belly is chilled. I 85
~,.
The pork belly is pressed
into a substantially 90
rectangular shape.
~r
The flank end and the
shoulder end ofthe pork 95
belly are docked.
,,
The docked pork belly is
placed on a slicing 100
machine.
,,.
The docked pork belly is
sliced to produce sliced 105
bacon.
~r
The sliced bacon is
packaged. 110
FIG 3
7. US 6,511,370 Bl
1
METHOD OF DOCKING PORK BELLIES
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
5
2
It is an advantage of the present invention to provide a
method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced bacon
which reduces the cost of producing the highest quality
sliced bacon.
It is a further advantage of the present invention to
provide a method of processing pork bellies to produce
sliced bacon which reduces the time required to produce the
highest quality sliced bacon.
The present invention relates to the processing of pork
bellies to produce sliced bacon and more particularly to a
method of docking pork bellies prior to slicing.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In the production of bacon, pork bellies are convention-
ally processed into pressed slab bacon. The slab bacon
bellies are then chilled for slicing. The chilled bellies are
typically sliced from end to end. When slicing pork bellies
using these conventional methods, a significant amount of
bacon slices that do not qualify for the highest quality bacon
("No. 1 bacon") are generated. The lower grade bacon slices
are normally sorted out, packaged and sold as a lower grade
A still further advantage of the present invention is to
10
increase the slicing yield of pork bellies and bacon slabs.
The present invention also advantageously speeds up the
slicing lines in the production of sliced bacon.
Additional details and advantages of the present invention
15 will become apparent from the following more detailed
description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pork belly;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a docked pork belly produced
using an embodiment of a method of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method of the present invention
for processing pork bellies;
of bacon. This method is inefficient in that the entire bacon
slab must be sliced to obtain the more select part of the 20
bacon slab. By having to slice the entire bacon slab to obtain
the highest quality bacon, the slicing lines are slowed which
results in lower efficiencies. Additionally, conventional slic-
ing methods result in lower slicing yields.
FIG. 4 is a top elevational view of an embodiment of an25
apparatus of the present invention for docking pork bellies;SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method of processing
pork bellies to produce sliced bacon that overcomes the
inefficiencies and difficulties in the prior art. In one embodi-
ment a method of the present invention comprises receiving 30
at least one pork belly, having a flank end and a shoulder
end, from a pork belly treating process, docking the flank
end and the shoulder end from the at least one pork belly,
placing the docked pork belly on a slicing machine, and
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slicing the docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon. As
used herein, the term "dock" means to remove or cut off.
A pork belly treating process may comprise curing pork
bellies, smoking the pork bellies, chilling pork bellies and
pressing the pork bellies into substantially rectangular
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shapes. A pork belly is preferably docked after the pork belly
is cured, smoked and chilled. A pork belly may be docked
before it is pressed into a substantially rectangular shape,
after it is pressed and through storage, or just prior to slicing.
A pork belly is preferably docked from none up to six inches
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on each or either end of the pork belly.
In another embodiment, a method of processing pork
bellies of the present invention comprises receiving at least
one pork belly, having a flank end and a shoulder end, from
a pork belly treating process, removing the flank end and the 50
shoulder end from the at least one pork belly, placing the
docked pork belly on a slicing machine, and slicing the
docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
In the production of bacon and other meat products, the
tendency is to realize the maximum value of the meat by 55
utilizing as much meat as possible. In contrast, the present
invention recognizes that by docking the ends of the pork
bellies (i.e., not using the entire pork belly), such that only
the highest quality bacon is produced, a bacon manufacturer
can produce more of the highest quality bacon in a shorter 60
amount of time. Therefore, a manufacturing process utiliz-
ing the present invention increases its economic efficiency
and
FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of an embodiment of an
apparatus of the present invention for docking pork bellies.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
bacon comprises receiving at least one pork belly, having a
flank end and a shoulder end, from a pork belly treating
process, docking the flank end and the shoulder end from the
at least one pork belly, placing the docked pork belly on a
slicing machine, and slicing the docked pork belly to pro-
duce sliced bacon. In docking the pork belly, the less
desirable parts of the slab bacon are removed. A pork belly
treating process may comprise curing pork bellies, smoking
pork bellies, and chilling pork bellies. In an embodiment of
the present invention, the flank end and the shoulder end of
a pork belly is docked after the pork belly is chilled. In
another embodiment of the present invention, the flank end
and shoulder end are docked from a pork belly after the pork
belly is pressed into a substantially rectangular shape. The
flank end and the shoulder end of the pork belly may be
docked up to six inches. In another embodiment, the pork
bellies are docked just before the bellies are sliced to
produce sliced bacon.
In another embodiment, a method of processing pork
bellies to produce sliced bacon comprises receiving at least
one pork belly, having a flank end and a shoulder end, from
a pork belly treating process, removing the flank end and the
shoulder end from the at least one pork belly, placing the
docked pork belly on a slicing machine, and slicing the
docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon. The flank end
and the shoulder end may be removed by cutting off the
flank end and the shoulder end of the pork belly perpen-
dicular to its length. The flank and shoulder ends may each
be docked up to six inches. In one embodiment, the flank end
and the shoulder end may each be docked one inch. In some
embodiments, only the shoulder end or only the flank end is
docked. In one embodiment, the pork bellies are docked
by docking the ends of the pork belly and only producing the
highest quality bacon. In addition, the docked ends may be
used for making other types of bacon.
The present invention advantageously provides a new
method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced bacon.
65 after the bellies are pressed, but before the bellies are
stacked for storage and ultimate slicing to produce sliced
bacon. In another embodiment, the pork bellies are docked
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after the bellies are pressed and stacked for storage. In a
further embodiment, the pork bellies are docked just prior to
slicing.
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invention for docking pork bellies. The embodiment shown
includes two in-line belly dockers 130,135. Other embodi-
ments may include more dockers per apparatus or only one
docker per apparatus.
Pork bellies 140 are received from a pork belly treating
process. The apparatus 125 of the present invention may
receive the pork bellies 140 at various stages of the pork
belly treating process. For example, the pork bellies may be
docked after the bellies are cured, after the bellies are
The pork belly treating process may also comprise curing
the pork belly, smoking the pork belly and chilling the pork 5
belly. The flank end and the shoulder end are preferably
removed from the pork belly after it is chilled although the
ends may be removed prior to curing, prior to smoking or
prior to chilling the pork belly. In another embodiment, the
pork belly is also pressed into a substantially rectangular
shape. The shoulder and flank ends are preferably removed
after the pork belly is pressed into a substantially rectangular
shape and chilled.
10 cooked, after the bellies are chilled or after the bellies are
pressed. In one embodiment, the apparatus 125 receives the
pork bellies 140 after the bellies are pressed.
The movement and docking of pork bellies will be
described by discussing one of the dockers 130. Pork belliesReferring now to the figures, FIG. 1 shows a plan view of
a pork belly 5 or bacon slab. The pork belly 5 in FIG. 1 has
a flank end 20 and a shoulder end 25. The pork belly is
preferably docked perpendicular to the length of the pork
belly 5. In a preferred embodiment, both the flank end 20
and the shoulder end 25 are docked, as shown generally by
dashed lines 10, 15 in FIG. 1. The amount that is docked
varies depending on the type and quality of sliced bacon
being produced. Generally, up to six inches are docked on
each end of the pork belly.
FIG. 2 shows a docked pork belly 40. The pork belly 40
in FIG. 2 is shown having a docked flank end 45 and a
docked shoulder end 50.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart which illustrates an embodiment of
a method of the present invention for processing pork
bellies. In a pork belly treating process, a pork belly is first
typically cured 75. A pork belly may be cured in a number
of ways well known in the art, such as injecting the pork
belly with a curing solution. After the pork belly is cured, the
pork belly is usually cooked. Methods for cooking pork
bellies are well known in the art. In one embodiment, of the
present invention, the pork belly is cooked by smoking 80
the pork belly. Depending on the smoking desired, the pork
belly usually remains in the smokehouse for one to five
hours and the pork belly is typically cooked to a core
temperature of from about 118° F. to about 140° F.
After the pork belly is cooked and preferably prior to
slicing, the pork belly is preferably chilled 85 to facilitate
slicing. For example, prior to slicing, the pork belly may be
chilled to a temperature of from about 22° F. to about 28° F.
The pork belly may also be pressed 90 into a substantially
rectangular shape using methods and apparatuses known in
the art. Pressing the bacon into a substantially rectangular
shape results in more uniform slices of bacon.
The flank end and the shoulder end of the pork belly may
be docked 95 at various stages in the pork belly treating
process. The ends are preferably docked after the pork belly
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are similarly moved and docked through the other docker
135. The pork bellies 140 may arrive at a docker 130 of the
present invention on a conveyor 145 from another process-
ing apparatus, such as a pressing apparatus. Examples of
conveyors useful in the present invention are commercially
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available from Warrick Equipment Company. The conveyor
drives (i.e., brake motors) should be of sufficient design to
withstand rapid cycles (starting and stopping). Examples of
suitable brake motors include drives manufactured by and
commercially available from Demag Crane and Compo-
25 nents of Cleveland, Ohio. The bellies 140 are conveyed to
the docker 130 on a docking infeed conveyor 150. The
bellies 140 are shifted to a fixed side guide 160 throughout
the docker 130 by a powered side plow 155. The bellies 140
are conveyed end-to-end by the docking infeed conveyor
30
150 and a powered overhead feed roller 165. The pressure of
the overhead feed roller 165 is developed with an air
cylinder and back relieving regulator.
The bellies 140 may move through each docker 130,135
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at a rate of fourteen bellies per minute. The bellies 140 are
supplied to the dockers 130,135 with either the shoulder end
or the flank end leading. In this embodiment, it is important
that the same end of each belly entering the docker is
leading. For example, a greater amount of the pork belly
40
may be docked from the flank end than from the shoulder
end. In this embodiment, the bellies 140 are also preferably
aligned such that the flank end of one belly is proximate to
the shoulder end of the next belly, forming a seam.
Before the pork bellies 140 are docked, the docker 130
45 must distinguish the pork bellies 140. One way in which the
docker 130 may distinguish the pork bellies 140 is to locate
the seams between the shoulder ends and the flank ends of
the pork bellies. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the
seam between the pork bellies are detected using an "optical
50 curtain" 170. The optical curtain 170 may be a series of laser
beams aligned horizontally to detect the absence of meat
and, thus, to locate the seam between the pork bellies.is chilled and pressed into a substantially regular shape. In
another embodiment, the ends are docked before the pork
belly is pressed. By docking the ends of the pork belly, the
cost of producing the highest quality sliced bacon and the 55
time required to produce the highest quality sliced bacon are
reduced. The flank end and the shoulder end of the pork
belly may be docked up to six inches.
In the embodiment shown, after the optical curtain 170
locates the seam between the pork bellies, the pork bellies
are stopped and the ends are docked. The docker 130
includes two blades 175,180, each blade 175,180 having
opposing shear bars 215,220 as shown in FIG. 5. The shear
bars 215,220 are stationary blocks that the blades 175,180
slide against to cut the ends from the pork bellies. In one
embodiment, a knife indexer 185 rotates the blades 175,180
through the pork bellies. The knife indexer 185 may com-
After the flank end and the shoulder end are docked 95,
the docked pork belly is placed 100 on a slicing machine and 60
sliced 105 to produce sliced bacon. The sliced bacon may
then be packaged 110 for sale.
FIGS. 4-5 illustrate an embodiment of an apparatus 125
of the present invention for docking pork bellies. FIG. 4 is
a top elevational view of an apparatus 125 of the present 65
invention for docking pork bellies. FIG. 5 is a side eleva-
tiona! view of an embodiment of an apparatus of the present
prise a rotating cam and an engaged clutch motor. The blades
175,180 may be rotated one hundred and eighty degrees
(180°) through the pork bellies to dock the ends. The index
time on the knife indexer 185 may be adjusted to set the time
it takes for the blades 175,180 to rotate through one hundred
and eighty degrees. A knife indexer 185 for use in the present
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bacon or diced bacon. In other embodiment, the docked ends
may be discarded.
invention may be a one hundred and eighty degree rotary
indexer sized to withstand the speeds and forces required in
docking the pork bellies. Examples of suitable knife index-
ers for use in the present invention are manufactured by
Ferguson of St. Louis, Mo. (commercially available from
Industrial Apparatus of Kennesaw, Ga.), Cambot
(Commercial Cam Company, Inc.) of Smyrna, Ga.
(commercially available from Automation Components, Inc.
of Smyrna, Ga.), and Stelron Components, Inc. of Mahwah,
N.J.
The apparatus of the present invention preferably includes
the appropriate controls for operation and safety guards
5 known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
The amount of meat docked from the pork bellies 140
may be controlled by adjusting the position of the blades
175,180 and the optical curtain 170. It may be desirable to
remove more meat from the flank end of the pork belly than
from the shoulder end.
Various preferred embodiments of the invention have
been described in fulfillment of the various objects of the
invention. It should be recognized that these embodiments
are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention.
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Numerous modifications and adaptations thereof will be
readily apparent to those skilled in the art without departing
from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
What is claimed is:
1. A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
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bacon, comprising:
For example, with a pork belly that is twenty-six inches
long, it may be desirable to remove one inch from the
shoulder end and two inches from the flank end. In this
embodiment, the blades should be three inches apart. The
optical curtain is positioned between the two blades. If the 20
pork bellies enter the docker with the shoulder end leading,
then the optical curtain will be about one inch from the first
blade. If the pork bellies enter the docker with the flank end
leading, then the optical curtain will be about two inches
from the first blade. In this embodiment, the index time of 25
the knife indexer may be 0.5 seconds.
After the optical curtain detects the seam between two
pork bellies, the blades rotate and dock the ends from the
pork belly. A portion of meat from the shoulder end of one
belly is docked by one of the blades and a portion of meat
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from the flank end of another belly is docked by the other
blade. If different amounts (i.e., lengths) of meat are being
docked from the flank end and the shoulder end, it is
important to position the pork bellies such that the same end
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is leading (e.g., the flank end of a first pork belly forms a
seam with the shoulder end of a second pork belly).
After the ends of the pork bellies 140 are docked, the pork
bellies 140 leave the docker 130 on a docking outfeed
conveyor 190 using a powered overhead feed roller 195. 40
Other pork bellies enter the docker 130 on the docking
infeed conveyor 150. In the embodiment shown, the pork
bellies 140 enter and leave the docker 130 one pork belly at
a time.
receiving at least one pork belly, each pork belly having
a first end and a second end, from a pork belly treating
process;
docking the first end from a pork belly and the second end
from a pork belly simultaneously;
placing the docked pork belly on a slicing machine; and
slicing the docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pork belly treating
process comprises curing the at least one pork belly and
smoking the at least one pork belly.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the pork belly treating
process further comprises chilling the at least one pork belly.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pork belly treating
process further comprising pressing the at least one pork
belly into a substantially rectangular shape.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first end and the
second end are each docked up to six inches.
6. A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
bacon, comprising:
receiving at least one pork belly, each pork belly having
a first end and a second end, from a pork belly treating
process;
docking the first end and the second end from each pork
belly simultaneously;
placing the docked pork belly on a slicing machine; and
slicing the docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the pork belly treating
If a pork belly enters the docker 130 on the docking infeed
conveyor 150 with its shoulder end leading and proximate to
the flank end of the pork belly in front of it such that there
45 process comprises curing the at least one pork belly and
smoking the at least one pork belly.
is a seam between the two bellies, the pork belly is advanced
until the optical curtain 170 detects the seam. FIG. 5
illustrates a seam 225 between two adjacent pork bellies
140. Once the seam is detected, the first blade 180 docks the
shoulder end from one pork belly while the second blade 175
docks the flank end from the preceding belly. The pork belly
is then advanced until the optical curtain 170 detects the
seam between the pork belly and a subsequent pork belly,
and movement stops. The second blade 175 then docks the
flank end from the pork belly and the first blade 180 docks
the shoulder end from the next undocked belly. The docked
pork belly then leaves the docker 130 on the docking outfeed
conveyor 190.
From the docking outfeed conveyor 190, the docked pork
belly may be transferred to another conveyor, such as a
gravity roller conveyor 200, for transport to packaging,
palletizing or other processing.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the pork belly treating
process further comprises chilling the at least one pork belly.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the pork belly treating
50 process further comprising pressing the at least one pork
belly into a substantially rectangular shape.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the first end and the
second end are each docked up to six inches.
11. A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
55 bacon, comprising:
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receiving at least two pork bellies, each having a flank end
and a shoulder end;
docking the shoulder end from a first pork belly;
docking the flank end from the first pork belly while
simultaneously docking the shoulder end from a second
pork belly;
placing the docked first pork belly on a slicing machine;
and
The docked ends from the pork bellies may be taken away 65
on a conveyor 205 to a vat 210. In some embodiments, the
docked ends may be further processed and sold as ground
slicing the docked first pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising docking
the flank end from the second pork belly, placing the docked
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second pork belly on the slicing machine, and slicing the
docked second pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the shoulder end and
the flank end of each pork belly are docked up to six inches.
14. The method of claim 11, further comprising curing the 5
at least two pork bellies.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising smoking
the at least two pork bellies.
16. The method of claim 15, further comprising chilling
the at least two pork bellies. 10
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising pressing
the at least two pork bellies into a substantially rectangular
shape.
18. The method of claim 11, further comprising smoking
the at least two pork bellies. 15
19. The method of claim 11, further comprising chilling
the at least two pork bellies.
20. The method of claim 11, further comprising pressing
the at least two pork bellies into a substantially rectangular
shape.
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21. A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
bacon, comprising:
receiving at least one pork belly, each pork belly having
a first end and a second end;
docking the first end from a pork belly and the second end
from a pork belly simultaneously;
placing the docked pork belly on a slicing machine; and
slicing the docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
22. A method of processing pork bellies to produce sliced
bacon, comprising:
receiving at least one pork belly, each pork belly having
a first end and a second end;
docking the first end and the second end from each pork
belly simultaneously;
placing the docked pork belly on a slicing machine; and
slicing the docked pork belly to produce sliced bacon.
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