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Device and method of closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste masses

US7597612B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Bernd Maile · Oggelshausen, DE
Martin Staudenrausch · Biberach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2007
Grant date	Oct 6, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16K1/36
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for the closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste mass, in particular sausage meat, wherein the vacuum hopper comprises an inlet for feeding paste mass, in particular sausage meat, as well as an outlet for ejecting the paste mast an inlet valve, which is arranged at the inlet, wherein a negative pressure can be produced in the vacuum hopper. In order to influence the degree of evacuation in the inflowing mass, the inlet valve comprises in the open state an inlet gap S for the paste mass, the gap height (h) of which can be controlled to influence the degree of evacuation of the paste mass.

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