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Apparatus for manfacturing sausages or the like having desired link length

US5830051A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1996
Grant dateNov 3, 1998
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA22C11/108
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus 1 for manufacturing sausages or the like includes: a rotating device 5 for rotating a stuffed casing 3 about its longitudinal axis in an R direction; a plurality of nipping devices 7 for nipping the stuffed casing 3 from the rotating device 5; a moving device 8 for circulatingly moving the nipping devices 7 such that the nipping devices 7 are moved in a B direction in a circulating manner in conjunction with the movement of the stuffed casing 3 in an A direction; and a device 9 for causing a predetermined nipping device 7 to effect a constricting operation with respect to the stuffed casing by fully closing the predetermined nipping device in association with the movement of the nipping devices in the B direction by the moving device 8.

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