Method for injecting fluids into meat products

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF INJECTING FLUID INTO A MEAT PRODUCT, COMPRISING, PROVIDING A FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLES, ITY OF FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLES, INTERMITTENTLY MOVING A MEAT PRODUCT ADJACENT TO AND PAST THE FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLE MEANS, PENETRATING THE NEEDLES OF SAID FLUID INECTOR MEANS INTO SAID MEAT PRODUCT BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT, COORDINATING THE INCREMENTS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT WITH THE EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF SAID FLUID INECTOR NEEDLE MEANS PAST WHICH SAID MEAT PRODUCT MOVES SO THAT THE EFFECTIVE PENETRATION AREA OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT INITIALLY PENETRATED BY SAID FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLE MEANS WILL AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLAP THE EFFECTIVE PENETRATION AREA OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT PENETRATED BY SAID FLUDI INECTOR NEEDLE MEANS AFTER THE NEXT SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT, EACH MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT BEING OF A SUFFICIENT INCREMENT SO THAT AFTER SAID NEXT SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PROEUCT, THE POINTS OF PENETRATION OF SAID NEEDLES IN SAID OVERLAPPING PENETRATION AREAS WILL BE OFFSET FROM THE POINTS OF PENETRATION OF SAID NEEDLES DURING THE NEXT PRECEDING PENETRATION CYCLE SO THAT SAID MEAT PRODUCT WILL NOT BE PENETRATED AT THE SAME POINT BY ANY NEE DLES IN SAID OVERLAPPING PENETRATION AREAS OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF INJECTING FLUID INTO A MEAT PRODUCT, COMPRISING, PROVIDING A FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLES, ITY OF FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLES, INTERMITTENTLY MOVING A MEAT PRODUCT ADJACENT TO AND PAST THE FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLE MEANS, PENETRATING THE NEEDLES OF SAID FLUID INECTOR MEANS INTO SAID MEAT PRODUCT BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF INTERMITTENT MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT, COORDINATING THE INCREMENTS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT WITH THE EFFECTIVE WIDTH OF SAID FLUID INECTOR NEEDLE MEANS PAST WHICH SAID MEAT PRODUCT MOVES SO THAT THE EFFECTIVE PENETRATION AREA OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT INITIALLY PENETRATED BY SAID FLUID INJECTOR NEEDLE MEANS WILL AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLAP THE EFFECTIVE PENETRATION AREA OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT PENETRATED BY SAID FLUDI INECTOR NEEDLE MEANS AFTER THE NEXT SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT, EACH MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT BEING OF A SUFFICIENT INCREMENT SO THAT AFTER SAID NEXT SUCCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID MEAT PROEUCT, THE POINTS OF PENETRATION OF SAID NEEDLES IN SAID OVERLAPPING PENETRATION AREAS WILL BE OFFSET FROM THE POINTS OF PENETRATION OF SAID NEEDLES DURING THE NEXT PRECEDING PENETRATION CYCLE SO THAT SAID MEAT PRODUCT WILL NOT BE PENETRATED AT THE SAME POINT BY ANY NEE DLES IN SAID OVERLAPPING PENETRATION AREAS OF SAID MEAT PRODUCT.

Claim 5

The method of injecting fluid into a meat product, comprising, providing a fluid injector needle means comprising a plurality of fluid injector needles, intermittently moving a meat product adjacent to and past the fluid injector needle means, penetrating the needles of said fluid injector means into said meat product between the periods of intermittent movement of said meat product, coordinating the increments of movement of said meat product with the effective width of said fluid injector needle means past which said meat product moves so that the effective penetration area of said meat product initially penetrated by said fluid injector needle means will at least partially overlap the effective penetration area of said meat product penetrated by said fluid injector needle means after the next successive movement of said meat product, said fluid being forced through said needles only when said needles are penetrating said meat product.

Claim 6

The method of injecting fluid into a meat product, comprising, providing a fluid injector needle means comprising a plurality of fluid injector needles, intermittently moving a meat product adjacent to and past the fluid injector needle means, penetrating the needles of said fluid injector means into said meat product between the periods of intermittent movement of said meat product, coordinating the increments of movement of said meat product with the effective width of said fluid injector needle means past which said meat product moves so that the effective penetration area of said meat product initially penetrated by said fluid injector needle means will at least partially overlap the effective penetration area of said meat product penetrated by said fluid injector needle means after the next successive movement of said meat product, said fluid being forced through said needles only when said needles are penetrating said meat product.

Claim 7

The method of injecting fluid into a meat product comprising, injecting fluid into a meat product at a plurality of points which comprise an injection pattern, said injection pattern being defined by a plurality of laterally extending rows of injection points with the points in one line being offset laterally with respect to the injection points in each adjacent line whereby all the injection points can be closely centered with respect to each other, said meat product being injected a second time at a plurality of points substantially equi-distant from the points where said meat product was initially injected.

Claim 8

The method of injecting fluid into a meat product comprising, injecting fluid into a meat product at a plurality of points which comprise an injection pattern, said injection pattern being defined by a plurality of laterally extending rows of injection points with the points in one line being offset laterally with respect to the injection points in each adjacent line whereby all the injection points can be closely centered with respect to each other, said meat product being injected a second time at a plurality of points substantially equi-distant from the points where said meat product was initially injected.