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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2020
Poly-clip System Gmbh & Co. KG, Hattersheim, DE;
Detlef Ebert, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG, Hattersheim, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, and a guide unit for use in a clipping machine. The clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and being closed at the front end by a closure means, like a closure clip, a casing brake assembly arranged on the filling tube, for applying a braking force to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing while being pulled-off from the filling tube, gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto and a clipping device for placing and closing at least one closure means on the plait-like portion and a guide unit for guiding the closure means towards the clipping device. The guide unit comprises at least one sensing device having a first sensor element determining the presence or absence of a closure means in the guide unit.