Machine for the treatment and processing of foods

US5666868A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dixie-Union Verpackungen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunter Diete · Obergünzburg, DE
• Christoph Ullmann · Völklingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 16, 1997
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/283
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a machine (1) for the treatment or processing of foodstuffs, e.g. the slicing of sausage, the incidence of contamination by germs in the casing (3) of the machine (1) is reduced by the provision of a heater arranged to heat the casing (3) and/or air contained within it to an elevated temperature. Most preferably, the heater comprises means (32,14) for heating and circulating air in the casing (3) and means (9) for directly heating the casing (3) itself.