APPARATUS FOR INJECTING MEAT WITH A SUBSTANCE, IN PARTICULAR, A SUBSTANCE OF A PASTE-LIKE CONSISTENCY

摘要

A machine for injecting a fluid substance into a portion of meat is designed to inject individual premeasured charges of fluid through each of several needles. The machine includes a needle support base which supports a plurality of injection needles. A fluid manifold chamber is formed in the base and the plurality of dosage chambers are formed in the base. A seal is formed between the manifold chamber and each dosage chamber and between each dosage chamber and the injection passage of its associated needle. The seal is operable to permit fluid to pass from the manifold chamber into each dosage chamber while preventing the passage of fluid from each dosage chamber through the injection passage of its associated needle and to prevent the passage of fluid from the manifold chamber into the dosage chambers while permitting fluid to pass from the dosage chambers through the injection passages of the needles whereby substantially uniform predetermined dosages of fluid are dispensed through each injection needle during injection.