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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976366 | Computer program products for packaging apparatus with interchangeable horns Computer program products are configured to allow dual operational modes of packaging systems to produce encased products using interchangeable first or second horns. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7513821 | Filling joint arrangement for a flowable filling medium A filling joint arrangement for a filling medium which is capable of flow, in particular for a sausage meat, including a first filling pipe portion with a first filling pipe axis and a second filling pipe portion with a second filling pipe axis, wherein the second f... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7306511 | Systems with interchangeable horns for producing encased products and related methods, computer program products and horn rotor assemblies Methods for producing encased products using selectable first and second horns to thereby produce products in selectable different casing types include: (a) providing an apparatus having a first horn that, in operation, is configured to be in fluid communication wit... | 12/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7111539 | Veneer clipper anvil roll jacket and related methodology Wear-replaceable resilient cover structure, or jacket, for the known-diameter cylindrical surface of an elongate, known-length anvil roll in a veneer clipper. The cover structure includes an elongate, internal, tubular, cylindrical armature having inside and outside... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7052727 | Assembly and method for forming a frozen confection An assembly and method for forming a frozen confection portion of a frozen confection type food product, the assembly comprising a mold assembly provided with a mold cavity of a selected configuration ad formed by a flexible inert casing, a pump for moving confectio... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6641474 | Method and means for rapid loading of casing-bearing sleeves on a sausage making machine A method for rapid loading of casing-bearing sleeves on the stuffing tube of a sausage machine, provides for placing the preloaded sleeves on a feeder mechanism and selectively and sequentially moving the sleeves into registering position with the dischar... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6321642 | Filling mechanism for food stuffing A filling mechanism which does not dehydrate or deoil the stuffing, comprises a main frame on which is mounted a hopper and a hose, the hopper guiding the stuffing into the hose, the hose having a front end positioning part that is tightly fixed; a pushin... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6315653 | Mounting assembly for detachably supporting and orienting stuffing tubes on sausage encasing machines A stuffing tube mounting assembly has an elongated barrel with a forward end terminating in a cylindrical barrel portion. A hollow elongated stuffing horn having a rearward end is detachably telescopically mounted on the barrel portion. Interlocking surfa... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6302776 | Casing lock mechanism for a sausage stuffing machine A casing lock mechanism, for a sausage stuffing machine, which reduces the risk of damage to a sausage casing during a sausage extruding operation. The casing lock mechanism includes a chuck member that holds a pair of jaws having jaw holes that surround ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6287187 | Reusable cartridge for producing skinless sausage The present invention relates to a reusable cartridge for manufacturing a skinless sausage, having a tubular middle section and at least one adjoining sealing end made of a flexible synthetic material, whereby the middle section of the cartridge is formed... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6135870 | Mounting assembly for detachably supporting stuffing tubes on sausage encasing machines A stuffing tube mounting assembly has an elongated cylindrical barrel with a longitudinal center axis and forward and rearward ends. The barrel has a first barrel portion at the rearward end, a second barrel portion at the forward end, and an intermediate... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6132302 | Device for filling casings as well as machine for filling sausage casings The invention concerns a device for filling casings for a machine for filling sausage casings, with a filling pipe (14) driveable and rotatable around its longitudinal axis (12), onto which pipe a casing (8) fillable through the filling pipe (14) is pulle... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6066036 | Separating device for the filling in and the clipping of products which may have been melted and then resolidified, solid in the form of a paste or dense of different size A separating device for the filling in and the clipping of products which may have been melted and then resolidified, solid, in the form of a paste or dense of different size, to be interposed between the metering machine of the product to be filled in su... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6042466 | Extrusion apparatus The invention provides a meat product comprising extruded inner core of meat substrate and one or more co-extruded outer layers wholly or partly around the core, wherein at least of the outer layers consists of a meat or fat emulsion; characterized in tha... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5887415 | Cooked, extruded meat product comprising additive The present application provides a cooked, extruded meat product comprising a meat extrudate having an outwardly facing surface, which meat extrudate is impregnated with an additive in an additive zone which extends inwardly from the surface to a depth of... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5813906 | Method and means of selecting a stuffing horn for a sausage encasing machine with a shirred casing to be used in the machine A wall panel on a sausage encasing machine has a plurality of apertures with corresponding indicia marks indicating the direction of the apertures. The apertures match sizes of outside diameters of sausage stuffing tubes usable with the machine. This perm... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5803801 | Method for continous stuffing of shirred tubular sausage casings A method and an apparatus which permit continuous stuffing of tubular food casing without stopping the stuffing operation to replace food casing on the stuffing horn. The method comprises placing a first shirred food casing strand onto a stuffing horn. An... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5573455 | Process for forming foodstuffs in sacks, in particular mortadella The invention relates to the field of processes for preparation of foodstuffs in sacks, in particular mortadella, and precisely it relates to a process for forming food in sacks which provides, subsequently to an extrusion of a principal mixture, fo an ex... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5378193 | Vacuum stuffing horn and method for using same A method for stuffing a tubular food casing to reduce trapped air in the finished product. The method comprises placing a shirred stick of food casing on a stuffing horn having an exit end through which food product flows into the casing, withdrawing a le... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5354228 | Apparatus and method for rotating a fragile extruded strand of meat product for linking purposes The apparatus for rotating the strand of meat product has an elongated barrel with a plurality of bores therein, with each bore having a tube rotatably mounted therein. An elongated strand of extruded meat product is inserted into one of the elongated tub... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5334081 | Combination homogenizer-vacuum loader for meat products with improved ring seal A combination homogenizer-vacuum loader for a machine that stuffs meat product into a casing which includes an upright cylindrical chamber that can be evacuated and an agitator assembly that is rotated inside the chamber. An entrance port with a sliding g... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5330382 | Sizer adapter apparatus and method for creating substantially evenly and incompletely filled casings Sizing apparatus (10) for handling and casing of a flowable material such as meat is provided in order to produce individual, loose-filled casings (98) having product evenly distributed along the lengths thereof. The apparatus (10) preferably includes an ... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5180327 | Apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like including a nozzle for stuffing a material such as a meat emulsion into a casing for sausages or the like, a pump for supplying the material into the nozzle, and a casing engaging member hav... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5104348 | Sizer apparatus having shiftable horn A preferred sizer (10) for stuffing flowable materials such as sausage into a flexible casing (24) includes a horn assembly (12) having inner and outer concentric tube (28, 34) presenting an evacuation chamber (46) therebetween connected to a vacuum sourc... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5100363 | Apparatus for conducting a pasty mass under feed pressure through a tube The present invention solves the problem of clogging in the case of an apparatus for conducting a pasty mass, preferably sausage meat, under feed pressure through a tube, which carries said mass and the interior of which communicates via an annular groove... | 03/31/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5013279 | Apparatus for encasing a product in a curved casing An apparatus for encasing a product in a curved casing and the like and which includes an encasing machine having a stuffing tube including a discharge end which has a plurality of apertures, and wherein a product to be encased in pumped through the stuff... | 05/07/1991 |
| 5003666 | Method and apparatus for making stuffed casing products having one flat end A method and apparatus for forming stuffed food products having one flat end by cutting a slit in a food casing forward of a stuffing horn and inserting an end flattening disc directly into the casing through the slit. A fixture at the end of the stuffing... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4991260 | Stuffing method and apparatus A stuffing method and apparatus utilizing a trio of stuffing horns mounted on a turret. Two of the horns are in stuffing positions and the production of stuffed products alternates between these two horns wherein stuffed casing from one horn is closed whi... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4955109 | Pivoting horn A stuffing horn mechanism for chub packaging machinery, utilized in association with such machinery to produce chub products by stuffing of casing with comminuted material. The stuffing horn mechanism comprises a telescoping stuffing horn, a comminuted ma... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4949430 | Method and apparatus for coating a food product casing A stuffing horn includes a cylindrical sleeve 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 stuffing horn. Atomizers in the outer face of the horn pro... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4920611 | Method and means for encasing meat products A method for encasing a meat product and removing air particles therefrom by forcing a plastic meat emulsion through a stuffing horn having an exit end with an elongated casing slidably mounted in close spaced relationship on the horn so that the meat emu... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4847951 | Process and device for segmenting a length of sausage, produced in an automatic filling machine, into a plurality of sausages separable or separated from one another A device for automatically calibrating sausages (18) produced on an automatic sausage filling apparatus (10), from whose filling pipe a casing material (14) of limited elasticity is drawn by a separating device (20) with adjustable braking force, characte... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4817244 | Method and means of lubricating the passage of meat emulsion through the stuffing horn of a meat emulsion encasing machine A method of lubricating the passage of meat emulsion through the stuffing horn of a meat emulsion encasing machine is disclosed, involving forcing meat emulsion under a first magnitude of pressure through a passage into the inlet of a stuffing horn; then ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4812322 | Chuck for food encasing machine and method for stuffing a casing with food emulsion A chuck for a stuffing machine for gripping and rotating a food-filled casing about a longitudinal axis to facilitate formation of links. The chuck has a plurality of antifriction free-wheeling rollers disposed along a longitudinal bore. Torgue for rotati... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4797973 | Bagging and apportioning machine for sausages and various bagged products The machine comprises a device for feeding the product to be bagged under constant pressure toward an outlet orifice, a filling spout and a cutoff valve placed between said outlet orifice and said filling spout. The cutoff valve is periodically moved to t... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4787122 | Rotatable sausage forming sleeve member for the inlet of a sausages producing apparatus In an apparatus for producing sausages comprising a source of meat mass connected to a tubular injector of such a meat mass and which ends in a rotatable sausage forming sleeve member capable of rotating altogether with a tubular casing which is arranged ... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4771510 | Automatic meat stuffing apparatus An automatic meat stuffing apparatus which comprises a meat extruder including a filling nozzle, a casing supply unit including a carrier for carrying a tubular network casing from a reel to a point adjacent to the filling nozzle while running axially wit... | 09/20/1988 |
