Sausage production machine has rotating filling tube to twist ends of stuffed sausage skin, to be clamped together at the twisted sections for cutting

摘要

To prepare a foodstuff, as sausages, the stuffed skin is rotated and a twisted section is formed to be squeezed and tied. The tied and twisted section of the skin is clamped between surfaces, as it is advanced, and the clamped twisted end is cut through. To prepare sausages, the closed end of the stuffed skin is turned by a rotating filling tube which has at least two speeds, including a minimum and a maximum rotating speed. An Independent claim is included for a machine (1) to produce sausages with a filling tube (12) to stuff the skin (4), twist the ends (6) to be secured and cut (8), and advance the filled sausage. Preferred Features: The ends of the sausages are squeezed together by facing units (27, 28) on separate continuous carriers (22), with set-back surfaces (25, 26). They are moved on their carriers by synchronized drives, and one clamp has a projecting surface which has a shape which complements the set-back surface of the other clamp, when they are brought together. A system controls the positions of the clamps and their alignment, through units at the continuous carriers on both sides of the clamps and between them to set the orientations of the clamps in relation to each other. A control sets the rotating speed of the filling tube. The cutter has a cutting blade with two blade sections, with a cutting angle between them of = 180 deg .