Apparatus for injecting brine into meat products

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR INJECTING BRINE INTO MEAT PRODUCTS COMPRISING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE TABLE, AN OPEN TOPPED MEAT RECEIVING CONTAINER ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ON THE TABLE, A LIQUID-TIGHT BOX MOUNTED ABOVE SAID TABLE AND HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIMENSION SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE INSIDE DIMENSION OF SAID CONTAINER SO THAT THE BOX MAY BE TELESCOPED INTO THE CONTAINER, A LOWER WALL OF SAID BOX FUNCTIONING AS A PRESSURE PLATE TO COMPRESS THE MEAT PRODUCT IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID BOX BEING RESILIENTLY URGED TOWARD SAID TABLE, A FIXEDLY MOUNTED HOLLOW ROD EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX THROUGH THE TOP THEREOF AND HAVING A SERIES OF HOLLOW, PERFORATED NEEDLES ATTACHED THERETO SO AS TO PROVIDE A PATH FOR BRINE THROUGH THE HOLLOW ROD AND THROUGH THE NEEDLES, A SERIES OF OPENINGS IN SAID LOWER WALL THROUGH WHICH SAID NEEDLES EXTEND, THE ENDS OF THE NEEDLES BEING IMPERFORATE AND NORMALLY EXTENDING IN A LIQUID-TIGHT RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SAID OPENINGS SO AS TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF ANY BRINE OUT OF THE BOX, WHEREBY WHEN THE CONTAINER ON SAID TABLE IS RAISED TOWARD SAID BOX THE BOX WILL BE PUSHED UPWARDLY AND THE NEEDLES WILL PENETRATE THE MEAT PRODUCT AND FORM A BRINE FLOW PATH INTO THE MEAT.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR INJECTING BRINE INTO MEAT PRODUCTS COMPRISING A VERTICALLY MOVABLE TABLE, AN OPEN TOPPED MEAT RECEIVING CONTAINER ADAPTED TO BE PLACED ON THE TABLE, A LIQUID-TIGHT BOX MOUNTED ABOVE SAID TABLE AND HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIMENSION SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE INSIDE DIMENSION OF SAID CONTAINER SO THAT THE BOX MAY BE TELESCOPED INTO THE CONTAINER, A LOWER WALL OF SAID BOX FUNCTIONING AS A PRESSURE PLATE TO COMPRESS THE MEAT PRODUCT IN SAID CONTAINER, SAID BOX BEING RESILIENTLY URGED TOWARD SAID TABLE, A FIXEDLY MOUNTED HOLLOW ROD EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID BOX THROUGH THE TOP THEREOF AND HAVING A SERIES OF HOLLOW, PERFORATED NEEDLES ATTACHED THERETO SO AS TO PROVIDE A PATH FOR BRINE THROUGH THE HOLLOW ROD AND THROUGH THE NEEDLES, A SERIES OF OPENINGS IN SAID LOWER WALL THROUGH WHICH SAID NEEDLES EXTEND, THE ENDS OF THE NEEDLES BEING IMPERFORATE AND NORMALLY EXTENDING IN A LIQUID-TIGHT RELATIONSHIP THROUGH SAID OPENINGS SO AS TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF ANY BRINE OUT OF THE BOX, WHEREBY WHEN THE CONTAINER ON SAID TABLE IS RAISED TOWARD SAID BOX THE BOX WILL BE PUSHED UPWARDLY AND THE NEEDLES WILL PENETRATE THE MEAT PRODUCT AND FORM A BRINE FLOW PATH INTO THE MEAT.