Method and means for making sausages
US6283846A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C11/029
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for applying liquid smoke to the outer surface of an extruded sausage strand has a frame with an elongated stationary outer tube thereon. A rotatable tube is concentrically mounted within the outer tube. Power components are on the frame for extruding a meat emulsion through the inner tuber while it is rotating, and for winding a strip material into a casing on the outer tube wherein the formed casing slides and rotates as it progresses down the stationary tube to receive meat emulsion from a discharge end of the inner tube. A fluid, such as liquid smoke, is introduced between the rotating casing and the rotating strand of meat, which rotate in the same direction and at the same speed to prevent any turbulence from developing in the meat emulsion. A meat strand linker creates the extruded strand into links. A conveyor takes the link strand to a heating station for cooking. The conveyor then delivers the linked and cooked strand to a peeling, cutting and packaging station located adjacent the microwave oven.
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