Apparatus and method for filling tubular castings

US5346425A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Udo Kuenzel · Geisenheim, DE
• Friedrich Geiss · Wiesbaden, DE
• Arno Romeike · Taunusstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1992
• Grant date: Sep 13, 1994
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C11/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for filling tubular casings includes a filling tube having a locking device, the locking device including at least one locking element, and a calibrating ring that is lockable on the filling tube. A method for filling a tubular casing includes the steps of mounting a gathered casing stick on a filling tube, sliding a calibrating ring onto the filling tube, locking the calibrating ring on the filling tube, drawing the start of the gathered casing stick over the calibrating ring, introducing the filling material into an extruder, and pressing the filling material through the filling tube and into the tubular casing.