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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2008
Detlef Ebert, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Michael Hummel, Raunheim, DE;
Detlef Ebert, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Michael Hummel, Raunheim, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a clip conveyor apparatus for conveying a clip line () comprising a plurality of clips in a clipping machine, in particular a sausage clipping machine, comprising a drive unit () and an advance element () which is coupled with its drive end () to the drive unit () and is drivable by the drive unit () in such a way that its conveyor end () describes an elliptical path and for stepwise conveyance of the clip line () engages into intermediate spaces between two clips of the clip line () and conveys same stepwise in the advance direction (V), wherein there is provided an adjusting device () having a pivot axis () about which the transport element () is pivotable and which is adjustable in its position without a tool in such a way that at least one of the axes of the elliptical path described by the conveyor end () is variable.