A22C 15/002
Loops, hooks, cords for suspending single sausages
Official title: {Loops, hooks, cords for suspending single sausages; apparatus for making or conveying loops for sausages}
A22C15/002 (Loops, hooks, cords for suspending single sausages) appears on 69 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A22C- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 46
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 91
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Discharge section for a discharge of sausage-shaped products25 Aug 2026US 12,714,116 B2Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Sausage sticking system25 Mar 2025US 12,256,746 B2Hitec Co., Ltd.
- Method and plant for the storage of sausages24 Dec 2024US 12,171,242 B2Pulsar Industry S.R.L.
- Hanging line with smoking rod length measurement10 Dec 2024US 12,161,129 B2Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Suspension unit with inclined guide rail28 Nov 2023US 11,825,853 B2Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
- Method and device for providing cased portions of pasty food mass19 Jun 2025US 2025/0194612 A1VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH
- Sausage sticking system15 Feb 2024US 2024/0049733 A1Hitec Co., Ltd.
- Discharge Section for a Discharge of Sausage-Shaped Products16 Nov 2023US 2023/0363399 A1Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Hanging Line with Smoking Rod Length Measurement16 Nov 2023US 2023/0363400 A1Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Method and plant for the storage of sausages13 Apr 2023US 2023/0116035 A1Pulsar Industry S.R.L.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for attaching a hanger loop to a wrapper section closed with a U-shaped clip51US 4,165,593 A1979
- Mechanism for feeding a string loop into a clip attachment apparatus49US 5,755,022 ADelaware Capital Formation, Inc. · 1998
- Food transportation method40US 5,476,673 A1995
- Process for attaching a hanger member to a casing36US 4,969,233 ATeepak, Inc. · 1990
- Method and means making and conveying an extruded sausage strand32US 6,277,018 B1Townsend Engineering Company · 2001