Patent ID: 7523698
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: A22C,A23B,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A device for introducing a liquid into an animal product, comprising: a mounting member on which the product can be arranged, a holder at some distance from the mounting member, which holder bears a multiplicity of hollow needles directed toward the mounting member and which holder can move to and fro with respect to the mounting member for inserting the needles into the product or for extracting the needles from the product, which needles have at least one discharge orifice near a free end and one feed orifice at some distance from said free end, which needles are accommodated in the holder such that they can be displaced in the longitudinal direction between a position projecting relatively far out of the holder, in which the feed orifices are blocked, and a position projecting relatively less far out of the holder, in which the feed orifices have a flow connection to a liquid supply, wherein locking means are provided for locking the needles in their position projecting relatively less far out of the holder.