Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1889
Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I THOMAS WILLIAMS, the Younger of 45 Myddelton Square in the County of
Middlesex Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved salting machine for impregnating with brine,
meat and other articles of food, and has for its object, to provide a cheap and effective
salting machine which will contain in itself, a tank or receptacle for the brine, a
simple and effective suction pump, and a convenient lever for working said pump.
The accompanying drawing illustrates my improved salting machine in longitudinal
vertical section.
A is the tank or receptacle for the brine provided with a cover B. C is the suction
pump (secured by screws or otherwise to the cover B), by means of which the brine
is forced into the meat or other article of food to be salted. This pump (to which
I lay no separate claim as forming part of my invention) is of extremely simple
construction, which I will now proceed to describe. D is the bottom valve, preferably
a ball valve as shewn, a guard E preventing the ball from rising too high. F is the
piston or plunger, which is made hollow and contains at its lower extremity the
piston valve G, which is also by preference a ball valve, as shewn, though in either
case a flap valve may be used if desired. HH are apertures formed around the sides
of the hollow piston or plunger F, through which the pumped up brine escapes, and
is then forced through the outlet pipe I, (preferably of india rubber hose). K is a
hollow skewer, provided with a stop cock L, attached to the extremity of, and com-
municating with, the outlet pipe I. This skewer is thrust into the meat or other
article of food to be salted the brine escaping through the apertures M formed in the
sides of said skewer and thoroughly impregnating the meat. In brine pumps as here-
tofore constructed, the metal barrel itself of the pump dipped into the brine, but this
arrangement is objectionable, since the metal is liable to become corroded and cause
the valve to act badly; in my arrangement the metal barrel of the pump does not dip
into the brine, but only just passes through the cover B, being provided with a rubber
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page_text: suction tube N, the extremity of which is furnished with a strainer of wire gauze or
other suitable material, (not shewn in my drawings,) for preventing the entrance of
any impure or foreign bodies into the pump. O is a pan having a perforated bottom
fitting a corresponding opening formed in the cover B, in which pan the article to be
salted is placed, the surplus brine flowing back into the tank through the perforations
in said pan. P is a lever connected at one extremity with the swinging link Q,
attached to the tank A, and provided at its opposite extremity with the handle R.
This lever serves to work the suction pump, with the piston of which it is connected
at S.
In using the machine, the tank A is filled with brine, and the meat or other article
of food to be salted placed in the pan O, the hollow skewer K is thrust into the meat,
and the pump put in action by means of the handle R.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
As a new article of manufacture, a salting machine in which are combined, a tank
for the brine, the suction pump C, and a lever for working said pump, all constructed
and arranged substantially as specified and illustrated.
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E. P. ALEXANDER & SON, Fels. Inst. P.A.,
Agents.