Clipping machine with easy access

US9986744B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Detlef Ebert · Bad Nauheim, DE
• Wolfgang Nikoley · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 21, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A22C11/12
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filling a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing with filling material and closing said filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing. The clipping machine includes a filling tube through which the filling material is fed into said tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing which is stored on said filling tube, a casing brake assembly arranged on the filling tube for limiting the movement of the tubular packaging casing at least while being filled, gathering means for gathering said filled tubular packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto, and a clipping device for applying at least one closure means, like a closure clip, to the plait-like portion formed on the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing in a closing region. The clipping machine further comprises a housing defining at least a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls of the clipping machine, for enclosing at least the clipping device and the gathering means. The housing includes at least one housing element arranged in the front wall of the housing for covering at least the closing region…