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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerhard Schliesser, Wain, DE;
Karl Burger, Ingoldingen-Muttensweiler, DE;
Assignee:
Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B / ; A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9944 / ; 99477 ; 99482 ; 452 48 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for supplying sausage strings made coherently in chains to a smoke stick, the device comprising a transportation device including rotating transportation hooks to which the sausages are transferred. To facilitate the closing of sausages, especially of natural skin sausage strings, the device for closing is arranged on the transportation device to be movably supported at least over part of the longitudinal extension of the transportation device.