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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105136 | Computer program products for systems with casing assemblies and netting chutes Computer program products for an apparatus with an automated derucker operatively associated with a netting chute whereby the derucker is configured to automatically travel through a derucker stroke cycle comprising upstream and downstream locations to pull segments... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7955164 | Casing assemblies for systems with netting chutes Apparatus for engaging a filler/product pump that include: (a) a horn having a length, an outer surface and an internal product channel extending therethrough; (b) a forming collar in communication with the horn, wherein, in operation, the forming collar is configur... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7955165 | Methods of rucking using low profile ruckers capable of rucking fixed diameter coverings Methods for rucking sleeves of covering material onto a chute body include a plurality of spaced apart rotatable wheels having a primary axis of movement, wherein, in operation, the plurality of wheels have an automated stroke cycle whereby each is configured to tra... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7785177 | Device for the automated monitoring of packaging machines for the production of sausages The subject matter of the invention is a device and a method for the automated monitoring of packaging machines for the production of sausages, the packaging machines having a filling machine (F), a filling pipe (1), a skin brake (2) and a sealing mach... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775860 | Systems with horns that extend into netting chutes and having cooperating deruckers for producing encased products and related devices, methods and computer program products Apparatus for engaging a filler/product pump that include: (a) a horn having a length, an outer surface and an internal product channel extending therethrough; (b) a forming collar in communication with the horn, wherein, in operation, the forming collar is configur... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775859 | Low profile ruckers capable of rucking fixed diameter coverings and associated devices, methods, systems and computer program products Methods, apparatus and associated devices for rucking sleeves of covering material onto a chute body include a plurality of spaced apart rotatable wheels having a primary axis of movement, wherein, in operation, the plurality of wheels have an automated stroke cycle... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771254 | Apparatus for the production of meat products An apparatus (10) for the production of meat products includes a support structure (12). A container (14) is mounted on the support structure (12). A conveyor (20) has a first, upstream end (20.1) in communication with the c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7597612 | Device and method of closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste masses A method and a device for the closed-loop level control and for the controlled evacuation of paste mass, in particular sausage meat, wherein the vacuum hopper comprises an inlet for feeding paste mass, in particular sausage meat, as well as an outlet for ejecting th... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7591717 | Device and method for manufacturing sausages A device and a method for the manufacture of sausages from paste mass, in particular sausage meat, with a coextrusion head for coextruding the paste mass and a sausage casing, wherein the coextrusion head comprises a filling tube for the ejection of the paste mass a... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7520801 | Variable geometry end-fitting for meat stuffer A device for manufacturing a frusto-conical shaped meat product using mold casing that receives ground meat under pressure. The mold casing has an inner wall, a first lateral end, and a second lateral end. The mold casing has a frusto-conical shape, for forming the ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7488243 | Systems with horns that extend into netting chutes and having cooperating deruckers for producing encased products and related devices, methods and computer program products Apparatus for engaging a filler/product pump that include: (a) a horn having a length, an outer surface and an internal product channel extending therethrough; (b) a forming collar in communication with the horn, wherein, in operation, the forming collar is configur... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7455577 | Retention device with crank transmission The invention relates to a retention device comprising a support bracket that can be moved along a filling tube, for accommodating a brake ring clasped around the filling tube to exercise a frictional force on a tubular casing to be pulled off the filling tube durin... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7404758 | Apparatus and method to net food products in shirred tubular casing An apparatus and method to net food products in shirred tubular casing, in order to create a highly-dimpled foot product. A filling horn, shir housing, and netting tube allow for the extrusion of food products into an edible tubular collagen film, which itself expan... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404710 | Method and device for producing and packaging sausage-type products According to this method, the products are produced by continuously co-extruding a bead (B) coated with a starting base comprising hydrocolloids so as to form a skin by calcium gelation when the sausage passes into the elongated gelation bath (2), said bead t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392642 | Packaging device for free-flowing bulk material (filling) The invention pertains to a device for the packaging of free-flowing fill materials in a tube-shaped casing with a feeder tube to conduct the flow of fill materials. The feeder tube features a hookup, a mouth, a basically straight first segment adjoining the hookup,... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381122 | Stuffing/dosing machine comprising a tilting hopper The invention relates to a stuffing/dosing machine comprising a tilting hopper. The machine comprises a hopper with a hermetic cover bearing a screw feeder and a narrowed base which communicates with an antechamber, said antechamber communicating in turn with at lea... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377841 | Mechanical apparatus for stuffing plush toys A toy stuffing apparatus, including a stuffing drum with a rotating member and a rotating auger below the stuffing drum for transporting the stuffing along the auger shaft and out an exit. Also included is the kit for use in stuffing a stuffed toy. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357953 | Method for manufacturing sausages, and container for containing sausages to be processed The invention relates to a method for manufacturing dry sausages by the successive processing steps of: A) manufacturing a half-finished product which is still to be dried and consists of a skin filled with a sausage filling, and B) drying the half-finished product ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354338 | Method and apparatus for transferring a stick with a food product such as a sausage suspended therefrom An apparatus for transferring a stick with a food product such as a sausage suspended therefrom includes: a stick supplying device for transferring onto a stick a sausage suspended from a loop forming device and for subsequently supplying the stick with the sausage ... | 04/08/2008 |
| RE39943 | Method and means for making coextruded sausage strands An extrusion attachment for sausage making machines have three connection concentric tubes with the inner tube defining a first passageway, the space between the inner restrictor and intermediate second tubes comprising a second first passageway, and the space b... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7258053 | Hot dog slicer A food slicer 10 of the present invention contains a hollow body 12 having an inner wall 13 defining an interior 17 and an outer wall 15 for containment of a food product therein. A plurality of blades 32 extends across the ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258604 | Device and method for the ordered deposition of parted sausage portions In order to be able to accept single sausage portions after leaving the filling machine and to be able to deposit them in an ordered manner with respect to quantity and position, an acceleration device for accepting the sausage portions from a filling machine in a r... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254929 | Process and machine for packing pasty, liquid or semiliquid products Process and machine for packing pasty, liquid or semiliquid products comprising: nonstop feeding two sheets (1, 2) sandwiching ducts (3) ending in nozzles (4) feeding pasty, liquid or semiliquid products to be packed (M); nonstop longitudinally ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7220176 | System and method for production of exact weight ground meat A method and system for producing portions of ground meat having a predetermined target weight is disclosed. This system includes a pump assembly that is capable of extruding a stream of ground meat, a conveyor that is capable of transporting the stream of ground me... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7182684 | Method and means for stuffing natural casings with a sausage emulsion A method of stuffing natural casings with emulsion involves placing a follower against an upstream end of the natural casing to slide the natural casing forwardly along a hollow meat stuffing tube. The follower is mounted on the stuffing tube and advances the natura... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182683 | Casingless food production methods, systems, and associated traveling matable mold shells Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) providing a series of shells, the shells having sufficient structural rigidity to define an enclosed cavity space of predetermined substantially constant size and shape;... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134955 | Loop applicator for chub machine An apparatus for attaching a loop to the end of a chub package formed by a chub machine. The apparatus includes a drive sprocket and variable speed drive motor for feeding a roll of loops to a clipping head assembly of the chub machine and positioning the loops sequ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7083509 | High capacity food processing system A high capacity food processing system, including for an elongated strand of food product such as hot dogs, sausage links, etc., has first and second loading stations with serial accumulators enabling intermittent stopping of the loading operation, which is a necess... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063610 | Apparatus and method to net food products in shirred tubular casing An apparatus and method to net shirred tubular casing, in order to create a highly-dimpled foot product. A filling horn, shir housing, and removable netting tube allow for the extrusion of food products into an edible tubular collagen film, which itself expands into... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055292 | Device for defining a handle in a tubular covering for a food product An apparatus for defining a loop handle in a tubular covering, such as an expanded mesh plastic covering, for a food. The apparatus of the present invention includes a frame for supporting the various assemblies that comprise the apparatus and for engaging a support... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044845 | Casing for individually packed products A tubular casing that is capable of receiving a product therein in an outstretched state, said casing comprising: a pleated accordion shaped envelope section; a front-end section on the opposite end from the pleate... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007358 | Mechanism for feeding loops into a clip attachment apparatus An improved mechanism feeds loops or ties into clip attachment apparatus such as a clipper. The loops preferably have tie portions, the carrier may be a tape, and the loops should be in substantially equidistant series on the carrier. The carrier passes around rolle... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6989170 | System and method for making casingless sausage A method and system for producing a casingless sausage product. An emulsion, such as a meat emulsion, is heated by a first heating element, such as conductive element, such as a heat exchanger or a direct heating element, from a first temperature to an initial heati... | 01/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6964562 | Extruder die and cutter assembly for extruding filled food pieces A die and cutter assembly for an extruder includes an elongated extrusion member having a first, open end and a second, closed end. The first, open end is attachable in fluid communication with a first manifold of the extruder, and the second, closed end is formed b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6939215 | Method for reducing viscosity of mechanically separated meats and ground meats The present invention is directed to a method and system for reducing viscosity of mechanically separated meat in an amount effect to allow the mechanically separated meat to be transported through processing equipment at reduced pumping pressures. In accordance wit... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6902783 | Edible molded bodies, especially flat and flexible tubular films The invention relates to edible molded bodies in the form of a flat or tubular film based on plastifiable biopolymers, the cleavage products or derivatives thereof and/or synthetic polymers from natural monomers, characterized in that they are produced according to ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6855046 | Method and means for filling natural casing sausages A method of filling a natural hollow elongated casing with meat emulsion involves placing a natural casing on an elongated meat emulsion stuffing tube having a meat emulsion discharge end, closing an extended end of the natural casing over the discharge end of the s... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6821588 | Film containing starch or starch derivatives and polyester urethanes The invention relates to a film which is produced form a thermoplastic polymer mixture containing the following: a) thermoplastic starch and/or a thermoplastic starch derivative and b) at least one polyester urethane, with the weight ratio a):b) being in the range f... | 11/23/2004 |
