Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
In apparatus for engaging a non-planar surface of an irregularly shaped object and injecting a fluid into the object: an injector head for engaging the object and injecting fluid therein, said injector head having an inlet opening adapted to be connected to a source of fluid under pressure, said injector head having a plurality of nozzle passages therein connected to said inlet opening and projecting outwardly varying distances from a plane substantially perpendicular to said passages so that the terminal portions of said nozzle passages approximately conform with the non-planar surface of the injected object engaged by the injector head, valve means for preventing flow of fluid through said nozzle passages, and means for maintaining said valve means closed until the pressure of the fluid reaches a predetermined value, said valve means being effective to open abruptly upon opening movement being initiated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
In apparatus for engaging a non-planar surface of an irregularly shaped object and injecting a fluid into the object: an injector head for engaging the object and injecting fluid therein, said injector head having an inlet opening adapted to be connected to a source of fluid under pressure, said injector head having a plurality of nozzle passages therein connected to said inlet opening and projecting outwardly varying distances from a plane substantially perpendicular to said passages so that the terminal portions of said nozzle passages approximately conform with the non-planar surface of the injected object engaged by the injector head, valve means for preventing flow of fluid through said nozzle passages, and means for maintaining said valve means closed until the pressure of the fluid reaches a predetermined value, said valve means being effective to open abruptly upon opening movement being initiated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the valve means consists of a plurality of valves, one for each of said nozzle passages, and in which each of said valves has a valving surface closely adjacent the terminal portion of the associated nozzle passage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
57 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which the injector head has a passage connected to said inlet opening, and an outlet opening connected to said passage for circulating the fluid to be injected therethrough prior to the injection operation so that the injector head is maintained at a temperature approximately corresponding with the temperature of the fluid.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 3 in which the passage for circulation of fluid through said injector head is an annular passage located closely adjacent the inlet portion of the nozzle passage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus of claim 3 in which the passage for circulating fluid to be injected prior to the injecting operation includes a plurality of such nozzle passages and in which valve means is provided for interrupting such circulaTion when the injection operation is to be initiated.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
45 words
The apparatus of claim 5 in which said valve means for interrupting such circulation is pressure actuated and is responsive to the establishment of a pressure above a predetermined value to actuate said valve means to interrupt such circulation of fluid through the injector head.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which said nozzle passages are in the form of bores extending through a portion of said injector head.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 1 in which said nozzle passages are formed by nozzle members secured to and projecting from the injector head.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
129 words
In apparatus for injecting a fluid additive into the flesh of a fowl to improve the eating qualitites thereof: an injector head for engaging the breast of the fowl to inject fluid therein; said injector head having two rows of nozzle passages diverging downwardly away from each other, said nozzle passages of each row projecting outwardly progressively shorter distances, proceeding from one end of the row to the other, from a plane, substantially perpendicular to said passages so that the terminal portions of said passages approximately conform with the surface of the breast of a typical fowl; and said injector head having an inlet opening adapted to be connected to a source of fluid additive under high pressure and said inlet opening communicating with each of said nozzle passages.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
129 words
In apparatus for injecting a fluid additive into the flesh of a fowl to improve the eating qualitites thereof: an injector head for engaging the breast of the fowl to inject fluid therein; said injector head having two rows of nozzle passages diverging downwardly away from each other, said nozzle passages of each row projecting outwardly progressively shorter distances, proceeding from one end of the row to the other, from a plane, substantially perpendicular to said passages so that the terminal portions of said passages approximately conform with the surface of the breast of a typical fowl; and said injector head having an inlet opening adapted to be connected to a source of fluid additive under high pressure and said inlet opening communicating with each of said nozzle passages.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
53 words
The apparatus of claim 9 in which the orifice through the terminal portion of the uppermost of said nozzle passages is greater than that through the lowermost of said nozzle passages so that a greater amount of fluid is injected in the portion of the breast of the fowl adjacent the upper nozzle.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
52 words
The apparatus of claim 9 in which a valve is located in each of said nozzle passages with the valving surface of the valve closely adjacent the terminal portion of the nozzle passage so that the change in pressure upon the valve opening is immediately transferred to the fluid entering the object.