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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942728 | Transport apparatus for transporting articles hanging on loops A transport apparatus for transporting articles hanging on loops or the like, in particular sausage-shaped packs, comprising a shaft which has a first axial portion on which a screw is disposed. A drive moment is applied by way of the outside periphery of the screw ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7824250 | Magazine for storage rods for receiving sausage-shaped products and method for supplying the storage rods for loading with sausage-shaped products A magazine for storage rods for receiving sausage-shaped products, comprising one or a plurality of vertically extending shafts 2 in which the storage rods 3 are to be arranged one above the other, wherein a separation means is provided at the bottom e... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7766729 | Smoking rail feed means and method of accurately feeding the same A smoking rail feed device as well as a method of accurately positioning a smoking rail in sausage loops or in loops of other products suspended from a hanger, and having, for improved insertion of the smoking rail into the loops, a smoking rail support, on which th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7722447 | Automatic rack loader An apparatus and system for loading items onto a rack is described. The rack loading apparatus is includes a stuffer/clipper for making sausages, a belt conveyor for receiving a sausage from the stuffer/clipper and conveying the sausage to a rotary conveyor, the rot... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7618307 | Direct linking of sausage filling and clipping machine and sausage conveyor apparatus A system having a sausage and filling clipping machine and a sausage conveyor apparatus as well as a method of controlling the system is described. In the system the sausage filling and clipping machine has a filling pipe. The motor-driven sausage conveyor apparatus... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7588485 | Method and apparatus for transferring a stick for suspending loops of sausages An apparatus 1 for transferring a stick for suspending loops of sausages, includes: a stick supporting means 9 for supporting the stick 8 at a position 7 located downwardly of suspending portions 4 of hooks 5 each having the... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7520802 | Conveyor system with moveable drop point A conveyor system for transporting a strand of sausage having a carriage slidably mounted to an operating platform where the carriage has an end turn sprocket where the strand is dropped onto a smoke stick and the carriage moves to drop the strand along the length o... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7479058 | Method and device for portioning a string of material A device (3) for portioning a string of material (2) moving in the conveying direction (F), particularly a string of sausage, into individual sections (2a) of a predetermined length, including at least one portioning tool (18, 18 | 01/20/2009 |
| 7416479 | 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... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401443 | Machine for stuffing a food product in a casing A machine for stuffing a food product in a casing, comprising a clipping unit which is adapted to apply two clips with an intermediate cut at the trailing end of a product introduced in a casing and comprising a device for inserting ties which are supported by a rib... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390246 | Automated supply, load and take-away systems and related devices and methods for lengths of elongated product Methods, systems, and associated devices for supplying support members to a product loading station, loading, and automatically removing loaded members therefrom include: (a) advancing in spaced-apart relationship, a plurality of carrier members having opposing firs... | 06/24/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347772 | Conveyor system with pivotable hooks A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a convey... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325486 | Food processing apparatus and method A food processing system includes a food processing chamber for processing a food product, such as meat products such as hot dogs, sausages, poultry, fish, and other food items. A high speed serial to parallel loading station delivery system is provided. The food pr... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7249997 | Method and apparatus for suspending a sausage from a stick An apparatus for suspending a sausage from a stick includes an endless circulating body provided with hooks; stick supporting members for supporting a stick at a position below the hooks; a pair of stick-supporting-member actuating devices for moving the stick suppo... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7195552 | Conveyor chain A food processing system for an elongated strand of food product, such as hot dogs or sausage links, provides aligned orientation of conveyor hooks and identical arrival time spacing between adjacent hooks at a reference loading point at a strand producing machine d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7166021 | Method and apparatus for loading and/or unloading a storage unit An apparatus and a method for loading and/or unloading a storage unit, in particular smoke trucks in which sausages are suspended by strings from sticks (1), a plurality of sticks (1) with sausages preferably being held by grip arms (2.1, 2.2) a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165670 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166020 | Method and apparatus for transporting sausage to a treatment room A method is for transporting one or more sausages provided with a suspension member into a treatment room. The sausages are placed in a holder in a desired position. A number of holders with the sausages therein are disposed adjacently of each other in the desired p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160184 | Conveyor system with pivotable hooks A conveyor system for linked sausage strands having a frame with an operating platform. The platform has opposite first and second ends, opposite sides, a top surface, and a wall extending along the sides and ends. A channel is formed in the top surface and a convey... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140958 | Apparatus and method for dividing a sausage strand An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand includes at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements having a distance which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand can be moved between and through the guide elements in the transport... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134956 | Automated feet-gripping system A system and method for transferring live objects, such as chickens, to a shackle line are presented. The system and method include introducing a plurality of live objects to a singulator. The singulator isolates the individual live objects and places them in a pall... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131904 | Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or ro... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121940 | Continuous automatic rack loader An apparatus for automatically delivering raw sausages to a smokehouse rack is described. A continuous rotating conveyor holds a plurality of half-tubular trays hung on gimbals. Sausages are extruded into a tray at a loading station, and the tray is carried around b... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7074120 | Automated loaders or winders and related systems, devices and methods Automated loaders are configured with winding mechanisms that wind elongated products directly onto transfer members, such as sticks or rods, by causing the arm to follow a repetitive motion pattern above and below the stick or rod to discharge the elongated product... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069845 | Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of articles, in particular sausages or other alimentary products Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of single cylindrical or spherical pieces. The equipment includes a first conveyor for the feeding of a sequence of single pieces along a first direction and a second intermittent advancement conveyor for the feeding of s... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7070492 | Automated support member positioning and removing systems and related devices and methods Methods, systems, and associated devices for supplying support members to a product loading station and automatically removing loaded members therefrom include: (a) advancing in serial order and spaced apart relationship, a plurality of elongated support members hav... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048622 | Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or ro... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040975 | Automated supply, load and take-away systems and related devices and methods for lengths of elongated product Methods, systems, and associated devices for supplying support members to a product loading station, loading, and automatically removing loaded members therefrom include: (a) advancing in spaced-apart relationship, a plurality of carrier members having opposing firs... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037186 | Machine for tenderising meat morsels It comprises a bench (12) supporting a longitudinal propping floor (1) provided with means to make said meat pieces are intermittently moved forwards along it, at least a tenderizing group (6) provided with sabres (7) uprightly moveable t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004307 | Food transport routing systems, devices, and guides for food processing systems and related methods Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food transport. The system can direct food to travel serially over side-by-side predetermined travel lanes using one or more of a pick-up mechanism a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000816 | Loading system for elongated strand of food product A loading system is provided for loading an elongated strand of food product of given diameter on a moving transport conveyor. First and second loading conveyors are separated by a gap of dimension less than or equal to the diameter of the food product strand and co... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6932689 | Apparatus for severing the link between two sausages In an apparatus for severing a link between two sausages, in particular for cutting out a clip at a twisting point by means of a cutting device which has a cutting edge, comprises at least two cutting edges lying opposite one another and movable toward one another w... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6869353 | Method and apparatus for suspending a sausage from a stick An apparatus for suspending a sausage (6) from a stick (7) includes an endless circulating body (3) provided with hooks (4) stick supporting members (10) for supporting the stick at a position below the hooks, a pair of stick-suppo... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6821542 | Methods, devices, and systems for securing or removing leading edge portions of moving food products Methods and apparatus for shaping or forming the leading edge portion of an elongated food product include: (a) moving an elongated food item forward over a first travel lane in a predetermined travel path in a food processing system, the elongated food item having ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6786813 | Automated loading devices and associated methods used to straddle load elongated product onto a receiving member Automated loaders are configured with winding mechanisms that load elongated products directly onto transfer members, such as sticks or rods, by causing the arm to follow a repetitive motion pattern proximate to the stick or rod to discharge the elongated product in... | 09/07/2004 |
