Apparatus and method for dividing a sausage strand

US7140958B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Siegfried Reutter · Eberhardzell, DE
• Gerhard Schliesser · Wain, DE
• Manfred Bachtle · Schemmerhofen, DE
• Markus Schliesser · Wain, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 17, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2006
• Expiry date: Mar 17, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C11/107
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand includes at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements having a distance which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand can be moved between and through the guide elements in the transportation direction along a first axis and rotated by the guide elements about the first axis, and a means for jointly rotating the guide elements about the first axis. The sausage strand is first filled with a filling tube of a filling unit, and then guided in the transportation direction through the at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements whose distance can be adapted to the sausage caliber, and the guide elements are rotated about a first axis extending along the transportation direction, wherein the filled sausage strand is also rotated about the first axis, the filled sausage strand being simultaneously supported at a place in the transportation direction behind the guide elements.