Method and means for stuffing natural casings with sausage emulsion
USRE45675E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 23, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 23, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A method of stuffing natural casings with emulsion involves slidably mounting a collar element on the stuffing tube of the machine adjacent an end of the stuffing tube opposite to the discharge end thereof. The collar is slidably advanced towards the discharge end of the tube to telescope the casing into a shirred condition while leaving a non-shirred portion downstream thereof. The non-shirred portion of the casing is progressively advanced while the casing is filled with emulsion from the tube. A sensor is placed in the proximity of the non-shirred portion of the casing to detect whether shirred or non-shirred casing is present. The sensor is connected to a controller so that the collar will be advanced to slide the casing material on the tube when the non-shirred casing is detected, and the advance of the collar is stopped when shirred casing material is detected. A machine includes the foregoing components to accomplish the method.
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