An Improved Larding Needle,
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1899-Accepted, 29th July, 1899
An Improved Larding Needle,
I, ALBERT LUDWIG OTTO SCHADT, of 195, Mannheimerstrasse, Kreuznach, in
the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is a new kind of larding needle which in conse-
quence of its being made in two parts facilitates the larding operation, while
owing to its being stamped from sheet metal it can be produced at a much lower
rate than the larding needles hitherto used.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shows the new larding needle in its
open or detached form and in vertical section together with three corresponding
transverse sections, while Fig. 2 shows the blanks or flat pieces stamped out of
sheet metal, these two blanks being converted by suitable bending into the two
halves of the larding needle. Fig. 3 shows a side view and a section of the
solid point designed to strengthen that of one of the needle halves.
The
As already stated, the new larding needle consists of two longitudinal
parts N, N, the former N of which is constructed at the top with a hollow
conical end, while the latter N¹ terminates at its lower end in a tubular part n¹
closed by four bent over tags e, e¹, e², ³. A ring R is passed through the lower
end of this tube n which allows of the larding needle being more conveniently
handled when in use and of the same being suspended when not in use.
part N is terminated at the top by a small tongue having for its object to engage
(when the two halves N and N are connected together) with the other part N,
below the rear open edge of the point n. When required for use, a strip of lard,
cut as usual in the form of a prism, is inserted in the open larding needle part N
when the other part N is inserted by its tongue below the rear opening of
the point of the needle part N and is pressed against the latter in such a
manner that the strip of lard is placed longitudinally between the two needle
parts or halves. When the larding needle thus primed is driven through the
piece of meat requiring to be larded, the two parts N and N¹ can be drawn out
on one side leaving the strip of lard previously inserted between them firmly
fixed in the joint.
To stiffen the point of the needle part N a solid conical point s can be soldered
in the same or can be fixed therein in any suitable manner. The sheet metal
points in this case would have to be truncated as shown in dotted lines in
Figs. 1 and 2.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
A larding needle the two longitudinal parts or halves of which are stamped
out of sheet metal and bent in such a manner, that one part (N) is terminated
with a hollow point n under the rear open edge of which the other part (N)
engages with its tongue, while the other end of this needle part is terminated

page_text: by a tube closed by four bent over tabs e, e¹, e², e³, in such a manner that when the
two connected needle parts containing or enclosing between them a strip of
lard are driven through the meat requiring to be larded, these parts can be with-
drawn on one side without carrying away with them the strip of lard which
remains fixed in the meat; the end of the needle part N being provided if
required with a special solid conical points for the purpose of stiffening the
needle point.
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CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents for the Applicant.