APPARATUS FOR CUTTING INDIVIDUAL SAUSAGES FROM CHAIN THEREOF:OPPOSED CUTTERS CUT OUT A SECTION OF TWISTED CASING

摘要

An apparatus for separating sausage links is disclosed. The apparatus has a series of pairs (34) of cutting arms (70, 72) mounted on a circular plate (60). The arms are moved into contact with the sausage links (58). As a pair of cutting arms contact the sausage links from opposite sides, they force the links away from the point of contact. There is a cutting element (64) at the end of each arm which cuts the casing between the links when the arms overlap.