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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7862407 | Device for sectioning individual sausages of continuosly extruded product The present invention concerns a device (1) for portioning a food product (3) continuously extruded from a filling apparatus, preferably for making meat-base elongated extrusions in form of sausages, frankfurters and the like, wherein two front and opp... | 01/04/2011 |
| 6964605 | Production method of natural intestine sausage and device therefor A method and an apparatus (1) for manufacturing natural intestine sausages includes a stuffing tube (4), an intestine pushing member (6), an intestine-pushing-member driving device (7), an intestine receiving member (9), a braking ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6666759 | Method and device for stuffing meat product sealed by stapling A method and device for stuffing meat materials into sausages closed by stapling. The processed meat materials, before their introduction into an endless sleeve having a first closed extremity and further narrowing of the stuffed material at regular inter... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6080054 | Device and process for separating sausages A separating device for separating sausages at division locations with at least two conveying belts moving into the same direction for transporting a sausage string and with at least two separator elements which are driven so that for cutting the sausage ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6059646 | Apparatus for portioning food The invention relates to an apparatus for portioning a food mass, comprising: a path to be traversed by the food mass which is connected on one side to a feed device for feeding the food mass for portioning; a cutting device incorporated in the path for s... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5976003 | Unitary meat slices and process Whole muscle slicing is accomplished in order to provide a plurality of meat slices, each of which is a single piece of meat, despite the fact that the muscle from which the slices originate had been reshaped prior to slicing in order to enhance slicing y... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5775985 | Zero time clipper A method for stuffing food product into a tubular food casing at a predetermined linear rate of movement of stuffed food product, closing the stuffed food product to segregate the stuffed food product into links while the stuffed food product continues to... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5743792 | Process of producing sausages This invention relates to a process of producing sausages, wherein a tubular sausage casing closed at one end and provided with a figurative print is filled with sausage meat by pressing the sausage meat through the open end of the sausage casing into the... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5605502 | Heat-shrinkable tubular film material In the manufacture and use of tubular casing material, a starting material having heat-shrinkable properties is partially shrunk to a controlled reduced calibre and then is further shrunk during use. The shrinking may either take place during use, for exa... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5573454 | Method and apparatus for aligning labels on shirred food casings In a method for the continuous automated manufacture of stuffed food casings containing imprinted labels, wherein tubular material for the casings from a supply source is axially shirred into sections and the sections are stuffed with food emulsion into d... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5407382 | Method and apparatus for severing tubular material around a mandrel A method for severing tubular material around a rigid mandrel. The method comprises piercing the film with a knife such that the edge of the knife faces away from the mandrel, rotating the knife about the mandrel in a direction toward the knife edge while... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5230651 | Method and apparatus for severing shirred tubular food casing, and article Severing a shirred stick of sausage casing from casing feed stock joined to the stick is accomplished by cutting a longitudinal slit in the feed stock adjacent the shirred stick. A tear is initiated at some point spaced around the casing from the slit and... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5173074 | Method and apparatus for severing shirred tubular food casing, and article Severing a shirred stick of sausage casing from casing feed stock joined to the stick is accomplished by perforating a section of the casing across its flat width prior to moving the section through a shirring zone. The section is then moved to a shirring... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5145449 | Method and apparatus for severing shirred tubular food casing Severing a shirred stick of sausage casing from casing feed stock joined to the stick is accomplished by perforating a section of the casing across its flat width prior to moving the section through a shirring zone. The section is then moved through a shi... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5131884 | Cutting assembly for separating linked meat products A cutting assembly for severing a chain of linked articles joined together by joining segments, the linked articles and joining segments being comprised of a semi-rigid casing, for example, collagen, the cutting assembly having a pair of knives positioned... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5056293 | Apparatus for producing layered tubes or rings An annular container mounted at the base of a passage between a layering tube and a central mandrel is charged with a layered tube of flexible tubing delivered over a floating mandrel when coaxially in contact with mandrel by driving rollers coacting with... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4885821 | Method and apparatus for severing shirred tubular food casing and article The severing of a shirred stick from unshirred casing is accomplished by pressing and annular tear edge directly against the last-shirred end of the stick and tearing unshirred casing away from the stick along this edge. The result is little or no tail of... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4792047 | Process of forming an end closure A process of forming an end closure of one end of a stick of shirred sausage casing. The casing 10 is twisted and then the twisted neck (16) is compressed and heated to seal it. The twisted portion is severed so as to form an end seal with about four to e... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4773127 | Method and apparatus for shirring food casings A shirring method and apparatus for shirring food casing in which the casing is shirred directly onto a sleeve which moves longitudinally through the shirring mechanism from a first position to a second position until a desired length of shirred casing is... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4688298 | Cored high density shirred casings Flexible tubular cellulosic food casing shirred and compressed onto a rigid hollow tubular core to a high compaction condition to produce a casing stick with additional stuffing length capacity, enhanced structural stability and strength, and larger stuff... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4622718 | Methods of severing sausage casings Flexible, tubular and inflatable sausage casings are cleanly severed during continuous shirring operations without formation of troublesome loose tab-ends by impinging thin, high pressure, high velocity water jet(s) against casing sidewall. Severing may b... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4355437 | Quick change drive for shirring machine control shaft This relates to a continuous shirring machine wherein there is a control shaft which controls the timed operation of various components of the machine. The control shaft is driven by a primary drive unit of the machine through a quick change gear unit and... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4295247 | Gripper-separator device for continuously shirred casings This relates to a gripper-separator unit for separating continuously shirred casing into individual strands. The gripper is provided with hold back blades which engage the shirred casing while the separator is provided with like blades which engage the sh... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4052770 | Method and apparatus for severing thin-walled tubing on a mandrel An improved method of severing a strand of shirred casing or the like from the following casing while the casing moves along a mandrel, comprising the steps of gripping the shirred casing at two axially separated points, extending the casing to deshirr a ... | 10/11/1977 |
| 3942221 | Apparatus for severing thin-walled tubing on a mandrel Apparatus for automatically severing flexible, thin-walled tubing of indefinite length into a plurality of segments comprising in combination a mechanism for advancing a continuous length of thin-walled tubing about a mandrel; a restraining member adaptab... | 03/09/1976 |
| 3936909 | Apparatus for severing thin tubing members A method and apparatus for severing a length of shirred casing from a length of unshirred casing utilizes a mandrel onto which an unshirred casing is introduced. A fluid is injected between the casing and the mandrel. The casing is shirred into tight over... | 02/10/1976 |
