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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Siegfried Reutter, Eberhardzell, DE;
Gerhard Schliesser, Wain, DE;
Manfred Bachtle, Schemmerhofen, DE;
Markus Schliesser, Wain, DE;
Siegfried Reutter, Eberhardzell, DE;
Gerhard Schliesser, Wain, DE;
Manfred Bachtle, Schemmerhofen, DE;
Markus Schliesser, Wain, DE;
Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik Gmbh & Co, KG., Biberach/Riss, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand includes at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements having a distance which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand can be moved between and through the guide elements in the transportation direction along a first axis and rotated by the guide elements about the first axis, and a means for jointly rotating the guide elements about the first axis. The sausage strand is first filled with a filling tube of a filling unit, and then guided in the transportation direction through the at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements whose distance can be adapted to the sausage caliber, and the guide elements are rotated about a first axis extending along the transportation direction, wherein the filled sausage strand is also rotated about the first axis, the filled sausage strand being simultaneously supported at a place in the transportation direction behind the guide elements.