Seasoning apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SEASONING FOODS AS MEAT, FISH AND FOWL COMPRISING A CYLINDER HAVING A CYLINDER CHAMBER, SAID CYLINDER HAVING A TUBULAR WALL, A COVER AT ONE AXIAL END OF SAID TUBULAR WALL AND A BOTTOM WALL AT THE OPPOSITE AXIAL END OF SAID TUBULAR, WALL MEANS FORMING A MANIFOLD CHAMBER ATTACHED TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW NEEDLES MOUNTED ON SAID MANIFOLD MEANS TO OPEN INTO THE MANIFOLD CHAMBER, A PISTON MOUNTED IN SAID CYLINDER CHAMBER FOR MOVEMENT AXIALLY BETWEEN THE COVER AND THE BOTTOM WALL, MEANS IN THE CYLINDER FOR RESILIENTLY URGING THE PISTON TOWARD THE COVER, SAID COVER HAVING AN APERTURE AND SAID PISTON HAVING A STUD EXTENDING OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID APERTURE, A PUMP LEVER, HANDLE MEANS JOINED TO SAID COVER AND MOUNTING SAID PUMP LEVER FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TO FORCE SAID PISTON FROM ADJACENT THE COVER TO ADJACENT THE BOTTOM WALL, SAID MANIFOLD MEANS AND BOTTOM WALL COOPERATIVELY FORMING A VALVE BORE, CHECK VALVE MEANS MOUNTED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED VALVE BORE FOR PERMITTING FLUID FLOW FROM THE CYLKINDER CHAMBER TO THE MANIFOLD CHAMBER WHEN THE PISTON IS MOVED TOWARD SAID BOTTOM WALL AND BLOCKING FLUID FLOW WHEN THE PISTON IS MOVING FROM THE BOTTOM WALL TOWARD THE COVER, AND CHECK VALVE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE CYLINDER IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE CYLINDER AT A LOCATION ADJACENT THE BOTTOM WALL TO PERMIT FLUID FLOW INTO THE CYLINDER CHAMBER WHEN THE PISTON MOVES TOWARD THE COVER AND PRECLUDE FLUID FLOW IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION THERETHROUGH.