Method and apparatus for automatically suspending sausages from a bar
US4682385A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 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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