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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Torsten Liermann, Laupheim, DE;
Markus Fuchs, Winnenheim, DE;
Steffen Mayer, Rutesheim, DE;
Benjamin Abele, Waldstetten, DE;
Torsten Liermann, Laupheim, DE;
Markus Fuchs, Winnenheim, DE;
Steffen Mayer, Rutesheim, DE;
Benjamin Abele, Waldstetten, DE;
Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach, DE;
Abstract
A gripper system for gripping and transferring a smoke stick introduced into sausage loops or into other products suspended on hooks in loops or in pairs. For the simple and proper gripping and transferal of a smoke stick a smoke stick is first lifted to remove the products from the hooks with at least two grippers, wherein the grippers grip the smoke stick between the hooks, wherein the grippers hold and fix the smoke stick during removal. The smoke stick and the products suspended from it are then aligned by rotation of the smoke stick about its longitudinal axis. The smoke stick is then transported to a smoke stick depository, wherein the smoke stick is fixed in the grippers and then deposited on a smoke stick depository.