Hitec Co., Ltd.

Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC

Fukutome Meat Packers, Ltd.

Hitech Co. Ltd.

Minoru Kasai

Minoru Nakamura

Tatsuo Nakamura

Nobuo Kimura

Zbigniew Stanislaw Borkiewicz

Timothy J Drebing

Kris K Hulett

Hideaki Arai

Takayuki Fujimaki

Chiyoji Shibata

Munenori Takamagari

Nimoru Nakamura

Takao Oka

A sausage suspension member undergoes primary pivoting whereby an opening portion with an inner link of a sausage placed thereon is moved about a pivot axis laterally inwardly, and after the primary pivoting the sausage suspension member undergoes secondary pivoting whereby the opening portion with the inner link placed thereon is moved about the pivot axis laterally inwardly so as to move the opening portion with the inner link placed thereon laterally inwardly away from a stick in a state of being inserted between the inner link and an outer link.

Sausage suspension member and method and apparatus for suspending sausage on suspension members from stick

Provided herein are various suspension devices and associated methods and apparatus to open loops (or form opened loops) in a chain of linked products suspended from one or more suspension devices in a conveyor system. In one implementation, a suspension device for a chain of linked products includes a link support portion pivotally coupled to a conveyor, the link support portion configured to suspend a portion of the chain of linked products therefrom and comprising a lower portion downwardly extending from the link support portion. The lower portion is configured to engage a portion of a respective link of the chain upon a pivoting motion of the link support portion about a pivot axis in order to open a respective loop suspended from the link support portion to an unloading orientation for unloading.

Suspension device for linked products

An apparatusfor transferring a stick for suspending loops of sausages, includes: a stick supporting meansfor supporting the stickat a positionlocated downwardly of suspending portionsof hookseach having the suspending portionfor suspending the loopof the sausages; a first stick transfererwhich is raised from a lowermost positionlocated downwardly of the sticksupported by the stick supporting meansto an upper positionlocated upwardly of the hooksto raise the stickmoved onto the first stick transfererfrom the stick supporting means, and which is subsequently lowered to the lowermost position; and a second stick transfererwhich is provided at a position upwardly distant from the hooksand which is raised to an uppermost positionlocated upwardly of the upper positionto raise the stick, which has been moved onto the second stick transfererfrom the first stick transferer, to the uppermost position, and which is subsequently lowered toward the upper positionto lower the stickwith the loopsof the sausagessuspended therefrom.

Method and apparatus for transferring a stick for suspending loops of sausages

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 supporting members toward or away from the stick; and a stick transferring device for transferring the sausage suspended from the hooks onto the stick while removing the stick from the stick supporting members, and for concurrently supplying an ensuing stick onto the stick supporting members.

Method and apparatus for suspending a sausage from a stick

A method and an apparatus () for manufacturing natural intestine sausages includes a stuffing tube (), an intestine pushing member (), an intestine-pushing-member driving device (), an intestine receiving member (), a braking member (), a transporting device (), a detecting device () for detecting the position of the intestine pushing member () with respect to the intestine receiving member (), and a controlling device () for stopping the operation of a material supplying device (). A distal end (A) of the stuffing tube () is positioned in such a manner as to project from the braking member () toward the transporting device ().

Production method of natural intestine sausage and device therefor

An apparatus for suspending a sausage () from a stick () includes an endless circulating body () provided with hooks () stick supporting members () for supporting the stick at a position below the hooks, a pair of stick-supporting-member actuating devices () for moving the stick supporting members toward or away from the stick, and a stick transferring device () for transferring the sausage suspended from the hooks onto the stick while removing the stick from the stick supporting members, and for concurrently supplying an ensuing stick onto the stick supporting members.

An apparatus for manufacturing linked food products having twisted portions includes a stuffing nozzle for discharging from its distal end a food product material supplied from its material inlet port, a hollow spindle for rotating the stuffing nozzle, a braking member for engaging the casing on the stuffing nozzle; a main body housing having a front plate provided uprightly in such a manner as to extend in the same direction as a direction in which the stuffing nozzle extends from the material inlet port toward the distal end, and a side plate extending perpendicularly to the front plate, a spindle housing attached to the front plate, and a braking-member supporting member disposed at a position opposing the side plate.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing linked food products having twisted portions

An apparatus for manufacturing foodstuffs such as sausages includes: a stuffed-casing forming and rotating device for forming a stuffed casing by discharging meat emulsion or ground meat as a stuffing material into an unstuffed casing formed of a natural intestine, and for rotating the stuffed casing via the unstuffed casing in a direction R about an axis X; a stuffed-casing constriction-forming and conveying device for producing a twisted portion in the stuffed casing by causing the stuffed casing formed by the stuffed-casing forming and rotating device and rotating in the direction R to be consecutively squeezed and constricted at a predetermined interval, and for conveying the stuffed casing, in which the twisted portion has occurred, in a direction A; and a cutting device for consecutively separating at the twisted portions the stuffed casing which has been formed by the stuffed-casing constriction-forming and conveying device.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing foodstuffs such as sausages

An apparatus ( ) for manufacturing sausages as chain-like food products is comprised of: a stuffing nozzle ( ) over which an unstuffed natural intestine casing ( ) is fitted and which is adapted to continuously discharge a fixed amount of meat (M) as a stuffing material from a distal end ( ) into the unstuffed natural intestine casing ( ) so as to form a stuffed natural intestine casing ( ) forwardly of the distal end ( ), and is rotated so as to rotate the stuffed natural intestine casing ( ) about an axis (X) in the direction of (A) by means of the fitted unstuffed natural intestine casing ( ); and two pairs of pincher members ( ), ( ) and ( ), ( ) for consecutively pinching the stuffed natural intestine casing ( ) in predetermined cycles and adapted to circulatingly move in the direction of (C) to move the pinched stuffed natural intestine casing ( ) from a position forward of the distal end ( ) of the stuffing nozzle ( ) further downstream (in the direction of (B)).

Method and apparatus for manufacturing chain-like food products such as sausages or the like

An apparatus for manufacturing chain-like food products such as sausages or the like includes a stuffing nozzle over which a natural intestine is fitted and a pinching device for pinching and conveying a stuffed natural intestine in the forward direction of the stuffing nozzle. A stuffing material is discharged from a distal end of the stuffing nozzle into a straightened natural intestine portion of the natural intestine to form a stuffed natural intestine portion. The stuffed natural intestine portion is nipped, and is pulled. The stuffed natural intestine portion being rotated and moved is pinched to form a twist. The discharge of the stuffing material into the straightened natural intestine portion is effected while the stuffed natural intestine portion and the straightened natural intestine portion are being moved.

Method and apparatus for manufacturing chain-like food products such as

A stuffing pump for use in an apparatus for stuffing sausages or the like in which a rotating shaft for rotatively driving a rotor disposed in a housing is supported by bearings at one end thereof. A shaft member coupled to another end portion of the rotating shaft by a fitting and coupling structure is provided, and the shaft member is supported by a rolling bearing so that the rotating shaft is supported on both sides with respect to the rotor.

Stuffing pump for use in apparatus for stuffing sausages or the like

An apparatus 1 for manufacturing sausages or the like includes: a rotating device 5 for rotating a stuffed casing 3 about its longitudinal axis in an R direction; a plurality of nipping devices 7 for nipping the stuffed casing 3 from the rotating device 5; a moving device 8 for circulatingly moving the nipping devices 7 such that the nipping devices 7 are moved in a B direction in a circulating manner in conjunction with the movement of the stuffed casing 3 in an A direction; and a device 9 for causing a predetermined nipping device 7 to effect a constricting operation with respect to the stuffed casing by fully closing the predetermined nipping device in association with the movement of the nipping devices in the B direction by the moving device 8.

Apparatus for manfacturing sausages or the like having desired link

A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like. The apparatus includes a stuffing pump for supplying a material to be stuffed; a stuffing nozzle over which a casing is fitted and which receives the material to be stuffed fed out from the stuffing pump; a hampering member into which the tip of the stuffing nozzle is inserted; and a conveying device for conveying the casing in which the material to be stuffed discharged from the hampering member is stuffed, wherein the material to be stuffed is continuously discharged from the tip of the stuffing nozzle into the casing while the casing is being pulled in its longitudinal direction by the hampering member and the conveying device.

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Minoru Kasai