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ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG

109Patents
77Active
109Granted
55Portfolio score

Filing activity: Oct 4, 1983 → Jul 3, 2023 · 20 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5049108A Method and apparatus for dividing into individual sausages a continuous sausage strand provenient from a filling machine Human Necessities 36 Expired
US4547931A Apparatus for automatic delivery from a receiver of adjacently hanging loops of sausages Human Necessities 34 Expired
US5163864A Apparatus for feeding sausage loops to a smoking rod Human Necessities 27 Expired
US5147239A Method and apparatus for making sausages Human Necessities 19 Expired
US5297983A Process and device for separating and placing a gut caterpillar on a filling tube Human Necessities 16 Expired
US5102314A Vane pump for conveying pasty masses, in particular sausage meat Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 16 Expired
US5085612A Apparatus for transporting sausages filled in a continuous sausage casing Human Necessities 16 Expired
US5083970A Method and a filling machine for producing sausages by dividing a sausage string Human Necessities 15 Expired
US4723581A Process and apparatus for drawing off deformable masses containing air Human Necessities 13 Expired
US7381123B2 Apparatus and method for dividing a stuffed sausage skein Human Necessities 13 Active
US5730649A Device for making sausages Human Necessities 12 Expired
US6494311B2 Method and apparatus for changing the position of chains of sausages Human Necessities 10 Expired
US6045445A Device and a method of separating sausages Human Necessities 10 Expired
US5720603A Vane pump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 10 Expired
US5145450A Method and apparatus for separating a continuous string of sausage meat into individual sausages Human Necessities 10 Expired
US7614942B2 Smoke stick gripper Human Necessities 9 Active
US5145451A Apparatus for separating a continuous sausage skein coming from a stuffing machine into individual sausages Human Necessities 9 Expired
US6080054A Device and process for separating sausages Human Necessities 9 Expired
US8997614B2 Method and device for separating products Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Active
US6988943B2 Device and method for the manufacture of a strand of a pasty mass and extrusion head for such a device and method, respectively Human Necessities 8 Expired
US5380240A Process and device for the subdivision of a pasty and compressible mass in portions, in particular of sausage meat by means of a vane cell pump Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 7 Expired
US9089147B2 Device and method for loading a food processing machine, in particular a filling machine or a cutter, with food Physics 7 Active
US7258604B2 Device and method for the ordered deposition of parted sausage portions Human Necessities 7 Expired
US5699723A Device for making sausages Human Necessities 6 Expired
US6309293A Method and vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material Human Necessities 6 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.