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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7553222 | Sausage packaging apparatus for filling pasty stuffing material into tubular casing material The subject matter of the invention is a sausage packaging apparatus for filling pasty stuffing material into tubular casing material, with a filling pipe (1) which opens at a filling zone (5) and, on its outside, has a receptacle for gathered tubular ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7204747 | Device and method for filling sausage sleeves with paste filling material A method and a device for filling a sausage sleeve with paste filling material, where to facilitate a more uniform ejection of the paste filling material and to minimize turbulences in the filling flow on exiting the filling tube, and so as to achieve a smooth sausa... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7066803 | Method and means for stuffing natural casings with sausage emulsion A machine for stuffing natural casings with emulsion, the machine having an emulsion stuffing tube with a first end and a discharge end for extruding emulsion into a casing on an outer surface of the stuffing tube, the stuffing tube extending through a twisting mech... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6955030 | Adjustable density controller for a bagging machine A density controller is provided for a bagging machine designed for filling or packing material such as silage, compost or the like into an elongate flexible bag or container. The adjustable density controller comprises a drag member or strap with a selectively adju... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6264541 | Apparatus for the production of stuffed sausage products What is described is an apparatus for stuffing casings or similar receptacles with paste, in particular with sausage meat or other foods in the form of paste, using a portioning means (16) that stuffs adjustable portions of the paste through a stuffing ho... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5595534 | Easily removable adjustable sizing device for tubular food casing A snap-on adjustable one piece sizing ring comprising an inner horn ring and an outer horn ring. The inner horn ring comprises an inner horn ring elliptical plate to which is attached a tubular section about an off-center hole therethrough. The outer horn... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5466184 | Device for removing surface air in casings A product stuffing horn assembly includes a vacuum ring affixed near the outlet end of the stuffing horn over which shirred casing may flow. The vacuum ring is connected via appropriate tubing to a vacuum source so that air may be withdrawn from the regio... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5431598 | Large encased meat product with flat ends method and apparatus A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5346425 | Apparatus and method for filling tubular castings An apparatus for filling tubular casings includes a filling tube having a locking device, the locking device including at least one locking element, and a calibrating ring that is lockable on the filling tube. A method for filling a tubular casing include... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5277648 | Large encased meat product with flat ends A joining system for flat end discs is used in an elongated encased food product. The food casing is joined to the flat end discs permitting food stuffing of the casing. An adhesive joining, a clamping joining, a tension band joining or a piercing joining... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5273482 | Reinforced casings for preparing dimensionally uniform processed food products with flat ends Tubular food casings for preparing dimensionally uniform processed meat products with flat ends for maximizing yields for prepackaged product. Casings reinforced with one or more narrow polymeric bands securely bonded to the terminal ends of casing units ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5211599 | Adjustable sizing device for tubular food casing Casing material is paid out from the stuffing horn of a food emulsion extrusion system to stuff a food emulsion product. The casing material is drawn over a sizing means which provides varying degrees of sizing and hold back force to the casing material a... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5203735 | Vacuumized internal sizing ring assembly and method of use Internal sizing ring assembly and method for its use on a stuffing horn to extract air from within a tube-like casing having a closed end during stuffing operations, includes a sizing ring having an inner mounting surface adapted to conform to the outer s... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5152712 | Stuffing method and apparatus A stuffing apparatus and method which avoids the smearing of fat just under the casing surface by using a stuffing horn which discharges food product in an axial stream and a plurality of radial streams so the food product swirls as it enters the casing. ... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5074386 | Casing brake construction A casing brake is disclosed for use in combination with a generally tubular stuffing horn over which casing is released for filling with material discharged from the horn. The brake is of the type which includes a rigid housing which retains a deformable ... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5038832 | 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... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5017175 | Brake-sizing devices for food stuffing apparatus and methods of use A highly versatile, resilient and durable food casing sizing device for regulating the release of unfilled casing from a stuffing horn is specially useful in filling casings having string tied end-closures. The sizing ring provides a high degree of produc... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4970758 | Stuffing method and apparatus A stuffing method and apparatus is disclosed which produces a stuffed log having a front end portion which is larger in diameter than the remainder of the log. This is accomplished by spacing the sizing disc and pressure ring apart when food product is fi... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4958412 | Method and apparatus for coating a food product A sizing ring includes a cylindrical sleeve and optionally a frustoconical portion, in which a least one channel located within the sleeve provides for the transfer of liquid additive from a liquid source to the outer extremity of the sizing ring. Grooves... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4958411 | Dual tube stuffing horn with expanding spring for size control An apparatus and method of filling food casing for better size control includes an improved stuffing horn with a built-in presizing element in the form of a spirally wound spring for diametrically engaging the inside wall of unfilled casing on the filling... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4951715 | Tension sleeve supported casing article Flexible tubular synthetic food casing shirred and compressed onto a rigid hollow tension sleeve core to a high packing efficiency to produce a combination casing stick tension sleeve article with provision on the tension sleeve to connect to a slacker me... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4932103 | Brake-sizing devices for food stuffing apparatus and methods of use A highly versatile, resilient and durable food casing sizing device for regulating the release of unfilled casing from a stuffing horn is specially useful in filling casings having string tied end-closures. The sizing ring releases looped strings and othe... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4887332 | Semi-automatic stuffing machine, casing brake and turret assembly An improved stuffing horn and casing brake combination in a stuffing machine comprises a stuffing horn defining a second horn portion with second-horn-portion outer dimensions reduced in comparison to the first-horn-portion dimensions of a first horn port... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4837896 | Control linkage for sausage stuffing mechanism on sausage stuffing machine The stuffing machine has a casing brake ring which cooperates with the tip of the filling tube to exert a drag on the gathered casing drawn off the filling tube during filling of the casing. The brake ring is carried by a movable support which is mounted ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4809403 | Collapsible presizing rings A collapsible ring for sizing food casing during stuffing can be reduced in size for insertion onto the deshirred end of a shirred strand for efficient packaging and storage. The sizing ring is automatically expanded to the desired sizing diameter when th... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4803757 | Casing sizing means method and apparatus Sizing means for a food casing including an internal casing sizing means having a convoluted outer periphery which increases the perimeter length of the internal casing sizing means relative to its diameter. An external casing sizing means forces unstretc... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4776062 | Sausage filling apparatus A sausage filling apparatus comprises a conventional sausage filling machine operable to extrude sausage meat into a compressed length of tubular sausage casing retained over a support pipe through which the meat is fed under pressure. The filled casing p... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4773128 | Apparatus and methods of stuffing food casings to provide dimensionally uniform products Apparatus and methods for stuffing food casing to produce sausage products with a high degree of dimensional uniformity for prepackaging applications. Substantially flat terminal end portions for higher product yields are prepared by a stuffing sequence w... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4768261 | Shirred casing delivery apparatus for meat packing system An apparatus for delivering the end of a shirred casing to the nozzle of a meat packing system where the casing is connected to the nozzle to be stuffed with meat extruded from the nozzle includes a support for supporting the shirred casing from the inner... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4744129 | Holding device A holding device which is adapted to be flanged to a machine for filling and for automatically twisting off sausages and which acts on the front end of a twist-off nozzle of the machine via a brake ring housing for effecting automatic twisting off. For pr... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4727624 | Food casing presizing device A sizing ring for stretching tubular food casing drawn from a stuffing horn has expandable fingers which can be spontaneously adjusted during filling operations for fine tuning the diameter of casings for greater dimensional uniformity of stuffed food cas... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4709450 | Apparatus and methods of stuffing food casings to provide dimensionally uniform products Apparatus and methods for stuffing food casing to produce sausage products with a high degree of dimensional uniformity for prepackaging applications. Substantially flat terminal end portions for higher product yields are prepared by a stuffing sequence w... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4688299 | Stuffing method A stuffing method for forming a multilayer composite casing is disclosed. In the method a continuous web tube is formed about a stuffing horn from web stock. The web tube thus formed is passed through the bore of a shirred casing and then is merged with c... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4683617 | Disposable tension sleeve for a stuffing machine A disposable tension sleeve for a stuffing machine having a snap-lock connector component at one end which is detachably attachable to either a male connector or a female connector on the stuffing machine.... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4660255 | Method and apparatus for encasing a product The encased product of the present invention comprises an elongated flexible casing cylindrically shaped substantially along its length and having opposite end closures. A product material fills the cavity formed by the flexible casing and maintains the c... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4649602 | Stuffing method, apparatus and article for use therewith A method and apparatus for stuffing food product into shirred casing wherein an internal sizing member and an external engaging member cooperate to provide casing presizing and casing holdback. A small relative motion between said sizing member and said e... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4646386 | Method of and apparatus for intermittently dispensing of filled products Method of and apparatus for intermittently dispensing of filled products, in which is provided an automatic continuous control of expansion of the casing during the filling of the item and closing its ends by variable degree of a pressure of a fluid mass ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4608730 | Disposable tension sleeve for a stuffing machine A tension sleeve for a stuffing machine on which is predisposed a casing supply prior to connection of the tension sleeve to the stuffing machine. A sizing means is attached to the tension sleeve by a nosepiece. The nosepiece has a collar extending into a... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4606379 | Article for controlling casing depletion A casing article which includes a tubular core member and a length of shirred casing disposed on the core with its inner periphery in gripping engagement about the core. A deshirring control is carried by the core and engages a rear portion of the shirred... | 08/19/1986 |
