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Method and apparatus for delivering sausages to a bar

US4880105A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1986
Grant dateNov 14, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2006

Classification

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

Abstract

In an apparatus in which linked sausages are introduced and suspended from a bar in loops, the sausages are delivered to the bar first by suspending the loops of linked sausages from suspending means, arranging the bar at a position ahead of a leading loop of the sausages where a rearward portion of the bar will face the leading loop, delivering the suspended sausages to the bar starting from the leading loop and moving the sausages on the bar toward a forward end portion thereof.

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