Apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products
US5480346A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C2011/101
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked sausages or the like includes a nozzle having a material-discharging end for discharging meat serving as a material; a material-supplying device for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of the material into the nozzle; a braking member for braking the release of a sheep intestine fitted over the nozzle from the material-discharging end; a rotation-imparting device for rotating the nozzle; a determining device for determining the position of a twisted portion occurring in the sheep intestine which contains the material discharged from the material-discharging end and is released from the material-discharging end; a removing device for removing from a vicinity of the material-discharging end the sheep intestine containing the meat and released from the material-discharging end; and a controlled-pusher device for pushing a trailing end of the sheep intestine fitted over the nozzle toward the material-discharging end in a controlled state.
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