PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A SUSPENSION FILLING MACHINE WITH FILLY READY SHOULDER PIECES

摘要

For cyclically charging the filling tube of a sausage stuffing and closing machine with ready-for-stuffing tubular casing lengths, a tubular casing material flatly wound upon a supply roll is first withdrawn, opened and, in respectively one section length, drawn upon a support. Thereupon the drawn-on casing section is divided off the material cord and, along with the support, is placed ahead of the charging tube for conveyance thereto while at the same time, a new casing section is drawn onto another support to repeat these working steps in permanent alternation of the two supports. The invention resides in that each support after being placed ahead of the charging tube along with the casing section drawn thereonto is pushed in the same direction in which the drawing onto the support was performed beforehand, onto the charging tube up to the stopping means, whereupon the support is advanced in the same direction, pulled out of the retained casing section and, finally, removed laterally. This will save precious time until a new charging operation starts and enhance the degree of efficiency. A corresponding apparatus for implementing the method is equally suggested.