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Method and apparatus for automatically suspending sausages from a bar

US4682385A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 25, 1985
Grant dateJul 28, 1987
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22C11/00
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A chain of linked sausages is suspended from a bar in equally spaced loops by continuously discharging the chain of linked sausages while the chain is formed into into loops, suspending the loops of sausages directly from the bar a rearward end of which is situated inside the loops as they are formed, and successively moving each loop suspended from the bar toward a forward end of the bar while a uniform loop spacing is maintained.

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