METHOD AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING AND ADJUSTING THE AMOUNT OF FLUID INJECTED INTO A MEAT PRODUCT

摘要

A meat injection machine (10) has a fluid manifold, (34) with a plurality of fluid reservoirs (38), and a group of injection needles (68) is slidably mounted in a stripper tube (62) which in turn is slidably mounted in the fluid manifold (34). A valve (56) on the upper end of the stripper tube (62) seats on a valve seat (74) on the upper end of the needle (68). A stripper pad (76) is mounted on the lower end of each stripper tube (62) and slidably embraces the lower end of each needle (68). Each fluid reservoir (38) has a fluid pressure regulator (56C) to adjust fluid pressure on each reservoir (38).