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Filling machine

US9017151B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22Claims

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Assignee

ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Schliesser · Wain, DE
Andreas Betz · Kohlhof, DE
Manfred Baechtle · Schemmerhofen, DE
Florian Osswald · Ulm, DE
Robert Winghart · Rettighofen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 24, 2013
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 24, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA22C11/0209
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A filling machine for sausages, having a filling tube and a unit for removing a filling material plait exiting the filling tube end during a filling process interruption, where the removing unit includes a separator element by means of which the filling material plait can be removed when a relative movement is executed between the filling tube end and the separator element, the separator element including at least one filling material adhesion surface to which filling material is transferable and adherable, and the adhesion surface has associated therewith a cleaning device.

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