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Method and vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material

US6309293A · kind A · utility

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8References

12Claims

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Assignee

ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Georg Zinser · Winterstettenstadt, DE
Georg Pick · Biberach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2000
Grant date	Oct 30, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C11/08
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material, in particular sausage meat, with the sausage meat being filled into a vane-type conveying mechanism by means of rotatably supported vane cells and a negative pressure being produced in a region of the vane-type conveying mechanism for supporting the intake of sausage meat into the vane-type conveying mechanism. The production of negative pressure is efficient in that it is substantially produced while the vane cells are rotating, which is made possible by installing a closure element for the at least partial opening and closing of a vacuum opening in the housing of the conveying mechanism.

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