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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jaap Kobussen, La Veghel, NL;
Jos Kobussen, Indianola, IA (US);
Mart Kobussen, Indianola, IA (US);
Lambertus G. M. Klaassen, Michielsgestel, NL;
Robert Dirksen, Johnston, IA (US);
Assignee:
Townsend Engineering Company, Des Moine, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 1/100 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for cutting sausages squeezes the meat inside the casing by a crimping wheel to move the meat emulsion away from the linking point to provide sufficient casing to close the ends of the proposed links and to prevent bursting of the casing. This is accomplished by passing the unlinked sausage strand over a crimping wheel to crimp the proposed linking points, reshaping the sausage strand at the linking points, and then subsequently cutting the precrimped link points.