Tipper Tie, Inc.

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.

Rheem Manufacturing Company

Acraloc Corporation

Roman M Tomczak

Alfred J Evans

Edward P Brinson

Harrison A Ailey, Jr

Grant K Chen

L George Andre

James A Gallion

Lee E Petsche

William W Babcock

An improved shirring device for sausage casing includes a station having opposed shirring wheels for shirring casing onto a mandrel. Opposed jaws positioned for movement transverse to the mandrel operate to engage shirred casing. Both the wheels and jaws are mounted on a slidable platform which is movable axially to transport shirred casing along the mandrel and to compact the shirred casing.

Shirring device

An improved shirring device for sausage casing includes a fixed station having opposed shirring wheels for shirring casing onto a mandrel. Opposed jaws positioned transverse to the mandrel operate to engage shirred casing and transport it axially along the mandrel to compact the shirred casing.

An improved U-shaped clip of uniform cross section for attachment as a closure includes opposed legs and a connecting crown. The improvement particularly relates to the inverted T-shaped cross sectional shape of the clip.

Inverted tee cross section clip

A high speed evacuation chamber packaging and clipping machine for the high speed evacuation and positive sealing of filled, flexible receptacles such as thermoplastic bags in order to preserve the contents of the receptacle. A first endless conveyor carries a plurality of bagged product carrying platens. The first conveyor conducts the platens along a horizontal path of travel with the platens facing upwardly. A second conveyor carries a plurality of hoods. The second conveyor conducts the hoods between and along upper and lower paths of travel and is so located with respect to the first conveyor that when each hood is shifted from its upper path of travel to its lower path of travel, it will engage one of the platens traveling in its horizontal path of travel to form a chamber therewith. Means are provided in association with each chamber for evacuating the chamber. Means are also provided in association with each chamber for applying a clip to the bag to close the bag about the product. Means are provided in association with each chamber to trim the excess of the bag following clipping. Finally, means are provided to devacuate each chamber after the bag has been clipped and trimmed. The second conveyor is so configured that when each hood is shifted from the lower path of travel to the upper path of travel it disengages from its respective platen, exposing the clipped and trimmed bagged product on the platen for further processing.

High speed evacuation chamber packaging and clipping machine

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Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Roman M Tomczak