Patent · US Expired

Device and process for separating sausages

US6080054A · kind A · utility

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3References

24Claims

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Assignee

ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Muller · Grafing, DE
Karl-Ernst Hummel · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 5, 1999
Grant date	Jun 27, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 5, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C11/006
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A separating device for separating sausages at division locations with at least two conveying belts moving into the same direction for transporting a sausage string and with at least two separator elements which are driven so that for cutting the sausage string they cooperate at division locations, and means which provide a distance between the conveying belts during the cooperation of the separator elements in the region of the division location to be separated which distance is greater than the diameter of the sausage, and a process for separating sausages.

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