# US 2014/0194041 A1 · Transportation assembly with separation device

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- Number: US 2014/0194041 A1
- Document ID: US20140194041A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,670
- Filed: 2014-01-06
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Assignees: Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicants: Poly-clip System GmbH & Co. KG
- Inventors: Rainhard Pitzer
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194041A1

## CPC

- A22C 11/006: {Separating linked sausages}
- A22C 15/001: {Specially adapted for hanging or conveying several sausages or strips of meat}
- A22C: PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH (preserving A23B; obtaining protein compositions for foodstuffs A23J1/00; fish, meat or poultry preparations A23L; disintegrating, e.g. chopping meat, B02C18/00; preparation of proteins C07K1/00)

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a transportation assembly for transporting sausage shaped products out of a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products in a transportation direction to a rod-like storing element. Each sausage-shaped product comprises a filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing closed on at least one end by a closing means and a suspension element attached to the end closed by said closure means, the transportation assembly comprises a guiding device having a bar-shaped guiding element along which the sausage-shaped product is guided by its suspension element, and a transportation device for transporting the sausage-shaped product along the guiding element by engaging the suspension element of the sausage-shaped product. The suspension element is held in an open configuration by the weight of the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing. A separation device is provided at the guide element, for removing a suspension element from the guiding element.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A transportation assembly for transporting sausage shaped products, like sausages, out of a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products in a transportation direction to a rod-like storing element, like a smoking rod, wherein each sausage-shaped product comprises a filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing closed on at least one end by a closing means, like a closure clip, and a suspension element, like a suspension loop, attached to the end closed by said closure means,
the transportation assembly comprises a guiding device having a bar-shaped guiding element along which the sausage-shaped product is guided by its suspension element, and a transportation device for transporting the sausage-shaped product along the guiding element by engaging the suspension element of the sausage-shaped product, wherein the suspension element is held in an open configuration by the weight of the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing to which it is attached by the closure means, and
wherein a separation device is provided at the guide element, for removing a suspension element from the guiding element, which is transported by the transportation device without a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing attached thereto.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The transportation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the guiding element comprises at least two guiding surfaces for guiding the suspension element wherein the guiding surfaces extend at least substantially parallel to each other as well as at least substantially parallel to the transportation direction and are arranged in a distance across the transportation direction for spreading the suspension element.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The transportation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the guiding element has an at least partially approximately planar bottom portion to which the separation device is attached.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The transportation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the separation device comprises a cutting edge for cutting the suspension element guided along said cutting edge.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The transportation assembly according to claim 1, wherein the separation device comprises an approximately V-shaped cutout facing opposite to the transportation direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The transportation assembly according to claim 5, wherein at least one cutting edge is arranged in said V-shaped cutout.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The transportation assembly according to claim 1, wherein adjustment means for adjusting the separation device are provided.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A separation device according to claim 1, for use in a transportation assembly for discharging a sausage shaped product, like sausages, out of a clipping machine to a rod-like element, like a smoking rod.