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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Manfred Bachtle, Schemmerhofen, DE;
Manfred Bachtle, Schemmerhofen, DE;
Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for dividing a stuffed sausage skein, wherein a transport element pair is provided, including rotating opposite transport elements between which the stuffed sausage skein is conveyed in a transport direction and each of which include at least one dividing element. To be able to configure the length of the portions flexibly without mechanical adaptation, the apparatus comprises several adjacently arranged transport element pairs drivable independently of each other with corresponding dividing element pairs. The speed of the transport element pairs is adjusted such that the spacing between the points of separation corresponds to a predetermined length of the divided sausage skein.