Clip for closing sausage casings by constriction
OwnerSagar Lorenzo Noguerainventor
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Abstract
A clip suitable for the constriction of sausage casings, the clip having a general U-shaped configuration with two facing legs that are bent with respect to a base of the clip. The base of the clip is divided so as to determine in the same two or more joining bridges between the legs. These joining bridges are spaced apart and the ends thereof converge at the aforementioned legs. Between the bridges one or several creases or folds of the casing can be at least partially housed when the clip tightly clasps the casing.
Claims14
A clip that is suitable for the constriction of sausage casings, the clip having a general U-shaped configuration comprising two facing legs that are bent with respect to a base of the clip, wherein said base of the clip is divided so as to determine in the same two or more joining bridges between the legs, these joining bridges are spaced apart and the ends thereof converge at the aforementioned legs, so that between the said bridges one or several creases or folds of the casing can be at least partially housed when the clip tightly clasps around said casing;
- wherein the clip is metal, the joining bridges have been formed by the splitting or mechanical separation of a single original base of the clip, allowing at least a punch tool in the shape of a wedge to be able to penetrate the material of which the aforementioned original single base of the clip is made up, dividing it and separating portions of the base so as to determine the joining bridges to both sides of the punch tool, the base of the clip expanding as a result thereof in relation to the original single base;
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- wherein in the splitting of the original single base, penetration is made in the original single base by a first and a second punch tool, each one from one of the faces of the aforementioned single base, the inner face aimed towards the legs and the outer face aimed towards the outside, preventing raised material or the formation of burrs which project from said faces towards the inside and towards the outside of the clip, respectively.
A clip that is suitable for the constriction of sausage casings, the clip having a general U-shaped configuration comprising two facing legs that are bent with respect to a base of the clip, wherein said base of the clip is divided so as to determine in the same two or more joining bridges between the legs, these joining bridges are spaced apart and the ends thereof converge at the aforementioned legs, so that between the said bridges one or several creases or folds of the casing can be at least partially housed when the clip tightly clasps around said casing;
- wherein the clip is metal, the joining bridges have been formed by the splitting or mechanical separation of a single original base of the clip, allowing at least a punch tool in the shape of a wedge to be able to penetrate the material of which the aforementioned original single base of the clip is made up, dividing it and separating portions of the base so as to determine the joining bridges to both sides of the punch tool, the base of the clip expanding as a result thereof in relation to the original single base;
- wherein each joining bridge, on the inner face thereof aimed towards the legs of the clip, determines a support surface intended to be applied against the casing during the use of the clip, these support surfaces of each bridge not being coplanar with one another due to the effect of separation produced by the penetration of the tool or, if applicable, punch tools used to form these joining bridges;
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- wherein the support surfaces of the joining bridges determine a support, interrupted by the separation between the joining bridges, concave with respect to the inside of the clip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.