| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 452051000 | Sausage link handling | 20 |
| 20090047885 | SMOKING RAIL FEED MEANS AND METHOD OF ACCURATELY FEEDING THE SAME - A smoking rail feed means 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 the smoking rail rests, at least partially, and oriented in the direction of the hanger. The smoking rail support is adapted to be displaced such that the smoking rail is transferred substantially in the longitudinal direction from the smoking rail feed means to a pick-up area of the hanger, in which the loops are arranged for being picked up. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090053985 | 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 | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090215367 | 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 rotary conveyor comprising a plurality of stages and having a loading side for receiving a sausage and an unloading side for discharging a sausage, a rack comprising a frame supporting a plurality of trays, a positioner to align the rack with the unloading side, a controller to cause the rotary conveyor to align a one of the plurality of stages on the loading side with the belt conveyor to receive a sausage from the stuffer/clipper and to rotate the rotary conveyor to align the one of the plurality of stages on the unloading side with a one of the plurality of trays, and a load pusher to discharge the sausage off the one of the plurality of stages and onto the one of the plurality of trays, the pusher comprising a plurality of tabs extending on a rotatable arm. In another embodiment, a rack loading apparatus for loading other manufactured items is described. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110045755 | FEEDING MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURE OF SAUSAGE-SHAPED PRODUCTS - The invention described herein relates to a feeding machine for a production line for the manufacturing of sausage-shaped products receives a flowable filling material in a tubular wrapper material. The feeding machine includes storage rods for suspending the sausage-shaped products which have a flexible suspension element on one of their ends, which can be guided via a storage rod and which can assume a closed and an open embodiment, a device for mounting one end of a storage rod that is free at the other end and a device for feeding the sausage-shaped products, suspended from their suspension elements, one after the other to the storage rod and, under guidance of the suspension elements, depositing the suspension elements over the free end of the storage rod at spaced positions along the storage rod. The device for feeding the sausage-shaped products has an endless conveyor with a strand running parallel to the storage rod, the endless conveyor having conveyor elements spaced at intervals to receive the suspension elements of sausage-shaped products one after the other, the conveyor elements being movable from a position holding the sausage-shaped products by their suspension elements into a position depositing the suspension elements onto the storage rod, at least one control element at spaced intervals along the storage rod producing the movement of the conveyor elements into their depositing position; and the conveyor elements having hooks that are pivotable around horizontal axes from their position holding the suspension elements into their position depositing the suspension elements, and the at least one control element is a moving trigger element along the strand of the endless conveyor against its forward direction, which triggers the movement of the hooks from their holding into their depositing position. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110053481 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A STICK WITH A STRAND OF SAUSAGE OR THE LIKE SUSPENDED THEREFROM - An apparatus for transferring a stick with a strand of sausage or the like suspended therefrom includes a transversely transferring device for transferring a stick from a first position to a second position by stick transverse transfer members; and a vertically transferring device having stick vertical transfer members which receive the stick from the stick transverse transfer members at the second position and deliver the stick to a conveyor device. The transversely transferring device has a stick transfer body having the stick transverse transfer members provided thereon, a rail body for supporting the stick transfer body and guiding its linear movement, and a transverse wrapping connector traveling body wound around and trained between transverse transfer wheels. A stick transfer body is adapted to be reciprocatingly moved by a transverse transfer electric motor. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110124276 | Link loader - A device for loading link sausages into a tray package includes a first continuous conveyor adapted and constructed to transport sausage links. A continuous transfer belt receives sausages from the first continuous conveyor, and transfers them to a separation and placement device adapted and constructed to separate the sausages from the first continuous conveyor into discrete groups of pluralities of sausages, and to deposit the sausages received onto packaging trays. A second continuous conveyor transports loaded trays of sausage links away from the metering device. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110130082 | SUSPENSION APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING STRINGS OF SAUSAGES - The invention concerns an apparatus for suspending strings of sausages in loops, the apparatus including a guide and drive device for guiding and driving hooks along a path of movement. The guide and drive device includes a drivable circulating drive element for spaced receiving and driving a plurality of hooks. The apparatus also includes a plurality of hooks which can be coupled to the drive element for carrying a loop of the string of sausages. The apparatus further includes a fixing device for steplessly fixing the hooks at various spacing relative to each other on the drive element. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20120231714 | Apparatus and method for feeding sausage chains to a suspension device - The invention concerns an apparatus ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130078896 | DISCHARGE DEVICE IN THE SHAPE OF AN ESCALATOR - The present invention relates to a discharge device for discharging sausage-shaped products comprising suspension elements from the discharge end of a clipping machine to a handling device for said sausage-shaped products. The discharge device comprises a first guide means for said suspension elements, having a first end and a second end as well as an upper guide surface and two side surfaces and extending from the discharge end of said clipping machine towards the handling device, and second guide means arranged at said side surfaces and extending at least approximately between the first and second end of said first guide means. The discharge device further comprises transportation units for transporting said suspension elements along said first guide means, including transportation elements with engagement elements which engage the second guide means and which are guided through said second guide means in a transportation direction by said transportation elements. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130095737 | Stick feeding unit in a suspension device for sausage-type packaging units - The invention relates to a smoking stick feeding unit ( | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130267156 | TRANSPORTATION DEVICE WITH STAR WHEELS - The present invention relates to a transportation device for transporting sausage-shaped products with suspension elements from a clipping machine to a handling device. The transportation device comprises a conveying unit, a catching unit for catching the suspension element attached to one end of the sausage-shaped product, and a guide unit for guiding the suspension element caught by the catching unit to said handling device comprising a longitudinally extending guide element and supporting means for supporting the guide element, wherein the supporting means provide a passage way for the suspension element to be guided along the guide element. The supporting means include gear wheels arranged rotatably about an at least substantially horizontally aligned axis engaging the guide element. Moreover, there are provided ratchets for engaging the gear wheels adapted to position a gap between two subsequent teeth of said gear wheels in the passage way of said suspension element. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130280996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING SAUSAGES - A method and an apparatus for suspending sausages, where sausages are taken up by suspension hooks moving on a circulation path and are conveyed, suspended from the suspension hooks, in a conveying direction into a removal area. At least a part of the suspension hooks is controllable independently of one another. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140030971 | APPARATUS FOR HANGING SAUSAGE ON ROD AND METHOD OF HANGING SAUSAGE ON ROD - An apparatus is provided for hanging sausage on a rod that does not need the task for suspending sausage on hooks to be paused when a chain of sausages hung on a rod is to be removed or when closure processing is to be performed on the front end portion or the rear end portion of a chain of sausages. Hook units are transferred and each include: a unit body that moves along a rail; a rod portion that is rotatably supported to the unit body and has attached thereto a hook portion at one end for hanging a joining portion of the chain of sausages, and a support portion that supports the chain of sausages suspended on the hook portion; and a rod receiving portion that is attached to the unit body, and has formed thereon a recessed portion in which a rod is to be placed. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140073231 | SUSPENSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUSPENDING SAUSAGES, IN PARTICULAR SAUSAGE CHAINS - A suspension apparatus and a method for suspending sausages, in particular sausage chains, including a plurality of circulating suspension hooks, where the suspension apparatus is configured such that it is able to accommodate a plurality of groups of sausages, the respective sausages being suspended from n suspension hooks. The apparatus includes at least one variable indicator capable of indicating a group end and/or a group beginning. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140106654 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING LONGITUDINALLY SUPPLIED ELONGATE FOOD PRODUCTS - The invention relates to a device ( | 04-17-2014 |
| 20150126101 | DEVICE FOR TREATING A STRING OF SAUSAGES - Device for treating a string of sausages composed of a plurality of sausages which are disposed so as to be behind one another, having a sausage casing from an organic material which in the region between two sausages displays in each case a twist, wherein at least one microwave applicator which has at least one application chamber and is assigned at least one microwave generation unit for generating the microwave radiation to be supplied to the application chamber, and which has at least one conveying unit for conveying the string of sausages through the at least one application chamber is provided, wherein at least one measuring unit ( | 05-07-2015 |
| 20160021900 | Guide Device with a Separated Axial and Radial Support - The present invention relates to a guide device for guiding a suspension element, like a loop, being attached to one end of a sausage-shaped product, like a sausage, from a first apparatus, like an apparatus for producing sausage-shaped products, in a guide direction to a second apparatus, like a handling device for said sausage-shaped products. The guide device comprises a guide unit for guiding the suspension element and support means for radially and axially supporting the guide unit. According to the present invention, the support means comprise a first support unit and a second support unit for a functional separation of the axial support and the radial support of the guide unit. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160066588 | STICK SUPPLYING UNIT, STICK DISCHARGING UNIT, AND SAUSAGE SUSPENDING APPARATUS - A sausage suspending apparatus includes: a plurality of suspending members for suspending a sausage therefrom; a conveyor having the suspending members; and stick supporting members for supporting a stick. A stick discharging unit has a pair of stick latching arm bodies adapted to move upwardly in a forward direction, and, after the stick latching arm body has taken up the stick from the stick supporting member, the stick latching arm body discharges the stick from the stick latching arm body. The pair of stick latching arm bodies are located in correspondence with both end portions of the stick in a longitudinal direction of the stick, and a moving body and a driving body are provided outside a range between the both end portions of the stick. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160143300 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING SAUSAGE PORTIONS - The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a supply transport device, at least one removal transport device, and at least one ejector for ejecting at least one sausage portion from the supply transport device onto the removal transport device. The removal transport device comprises a lower transport device and a holding device disposed thereabove between which the at least one sausage portion is transported. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160174582 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE SUSPENDED FORM OF SAUSAGES AND SUSPENDED SAUSAGE LOOP CONVEYING APPARATUS | 06-23-2016 |
