Casing holding device for an apparatus for filling tubular cases

An apparatus for filling a case with a pasty material, the apparatus comprising

• a filling tube on to which the case can be drawn, the filling tube being mounted drivably and rotatably about a longitudinal axis;
• and
• a casing holding device including a casing brake and an adjusting device, the casing brake having a portioning position in which the casing brake is placed in contact with the case drawn onto the filling tube and produces a pressing force between the case and the filling tube, the adjusting device for moving the casing brake between the portioning position and a casing change position in which the casing brake is uncoupled from the filling tube, the adjusting device having a guide linkage which has a plurality of links and which is adapted for the casing brake, in at least a first phase of the movement out of the portioning position into the casing change position, to be moved substantially axially relative to the longitudinal axis of the filling tube and to be pivoted in at least a second phase of the movement relative to the longitudinal axis of the filling tube.