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Smoking rail feed means and method of accurately feeding the same

US7766729B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Torsten Liermann · Laupheim, DE
Benjamin Abele · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Steffen Mayer · Rutesheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2008
Grant date	Aug 3, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 5, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C15/001
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A smoking rail feed device as well as a method of accurately positioning a smoking rail in sausage loops or in loops of other products suspended from a hanger, and having, for improved insertion of the smoking rail into the loops, a smoking rail support, on which the smoking rail rests, at least partially, and oriented in the direction of the hanger. The smoking rail support is adapted to be displaced such that the smoking rail is transferred substantially in the longitudinal direction from the smoking rail feed device to a pick-up area of the hanger, in which the loops are arranged for being picked up.

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