Method and means for rapid loading of casing-bearing sleeves on a sausage making machine
US6659854B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 4, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 4, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22C11/0218
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for rapid loading of casing-bearing sleeves on the stuffing tube of a sausage machine, provides for placing the preloaded sleeves on a feeder mechanism and selectively and sequentially moving the sleeves into registering position with the discharge end of an emulsion stuffing tube; sequentially moving the stuffing tube into each of the sleeves and extruding emulsion through the stuffing tube into the casing mounted on the sleeve until the sleeve is slidably removed from the tube caused in part by the movement of emulsion entering the casing. The apparatus has a fixture suitably movably mounted on the machine with a plurality of preloaded sleeves thereon for sequential movement for selective alignment of the sleeves with the stuffing tube for sequential filling of the casings with emulsion.
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