Process for the manufacture of sliceable, casing-free sausage
US5236731A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1991 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2011 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C11/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of a sliceable, casing-free sausage, in which first a rigid, inflexible jacket is filled with sausage mixture, the jacket is closed at its first and second ends, and then heated, preferably in steam-heated air or hot water, thus coagulating the sausage mixture, and the jacket is thereafter cooled. The closed jacket is opened at one end and applied to a slicing machine, whereupon the finished sausage located in the jacket is pushed forward out of the jacket through its now-open end, and is cut in slices at this end. Moreover, the invention concerns a mechanism to carry out this process. Thanks to the invention there is no unsalable outside piece of the sausage at the ends, and no casing has to be removed before slicing. The elimination of the need for casing saves the costs associated with the manufacture and disposal of casing.
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