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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1984
Minoru Nakamura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A meat packing apparatus for connecting a shirred casing to a nozzle and stuffing the casing with meat extruded from the nozzle includes shirred casing delivery means for connecting the shirred casing to the nozzle and for deshirring a portion of the casing located aft of the portion thereof connected to the nozzle, fastening means for closing and fastening an end of the deshirred portion on the nozzle side of a meat mass stuffed into this portion from the nozzle, and for closing and fastening the end of the deshirred portion on the side of the meat mass opposite the nozzle, casing tensioning means having a constricting mechanism for constricting the diameter of the deshirred portion on the side of the meat mass opposite the nozzle, and a withdrawal mechanism which cooperates with the constricting mechanism for pulling the deshirred portion backwardly away from the nozzle, and cutting means for cutting the shirred casing at a position rearward of the meat mass on the side thereof opposite the nozzle.