Apparatus for preparing meat tenderizing solution

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PREPARING, STORING, AND DISPENSING A MEAT TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR INJUNCTION INTO MEAT TISSUE ON A PRODUCTION-LINE BASIS, INCLUDING A FIRST STORAGE TANK FOR CONCENTRATED SOLUTION OF MEAT TREATMENT MATERIAL, A SECOND PRESSURIZED STORAGE TANK FOR A DILUTED MIXTURE OF SAID MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF DILUTED MIXTURE INJECTION NEEDLES INDEPENDENTLY INSERTABLE INTO THE MEAT TISSUE OF A CARCASS, CONDUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE STORAGE TANKS AND THE NEEDLES, A SOURCE OF SUPPLY OF MEAT TREATMENT MATERIAL SOLVENT CONNECTED TO THE CONDUIT MEANS AHEAD OF THE FIRST TANK, A FIRST FLOW METER CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND TANKS, METERING PUMP MEANS CONNECTED TO THE CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE FIRST TANK AND THE FIRST FLOW METER FOR METERPUMPING INTO A PRESET QUANTITY OF SOLVENT FLOWING THROUGH THE FIRST FLOW METER A FIXED PERCENTAGE OF CONCENTRATED SOLUTION TO PROVIDE UNITS OF DILUTED MIXTURE, THE FIRST FLOW METER INCLUDING MEANS INITIATING AN ELECTRIC PULSE IN RESPONSE TO THE FLOW OF EACH UNIT OF DILUTED MIXTURE, ADJUSTABLE PULSE COUNTER AND ACCUMULATOR MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE FIRST FLOW METER, MEANS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE PUMP MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED CONDITION OF ADJUSTMENT OF SAID PULSE COUNTER AND ACCUMULATOR MEANS; SECOND FLOW METER MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE SECOND TANK AND THE NEEDLES FOR ACCUMULATING COUNTS OF UNITS OF DILUTED MIXTURE FLOWING FROM THE SECOND PRESSURIZED TANK TO THE NEEDLES, SAID SECOND FLOW METER MEANS INCLUDING MANUALLY SETTABLE MEANS MEASURING THE FLOW OF A PRESET NUMBER OF UNITS OF DILUTED MIXTURE, AND A SHUT-OFF VALVE IN THE CONDUIT MEANS BETWEEN THE SECOND FLOW METER MEANS AND THE NEEDLES CONNECTED TO THE MANUALLY SETTABLE MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED SETTING OF SAID SETTABLE MEANS TO CLOSE SAID SHUT-OFF VALVE.