Method and a filling machine for producing sausages by dividing a sausage string
US5083970A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 24, 1990 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 24, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C11/0245
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing sausages of equal length by dividing a sausage string produced by a filling machine and discharged from a dividing means, which include sensing the central, cylindrical part of the sausage is with a measuring roll and producing length pulses in the course of this process simultaneously producing volume pulses corresponding to the meat volume transported during this period of length measurement and comparing length pulses with the volume pulses, whereupon the total number of volume pulses required for producing the desired length of the sausage is calculated in a control means and the discharge of the sausage meat is stopped when said total number of volume pulses has been reached, the dividing process than being initiated.
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