Filling machine
AssigneeAlbert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAndreas Betz, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart
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Abstract
A filling machine for sausages, having a filling tube and a unit for removing a filling material plait exiting the filling tube end during a filling process interruption, where the removing unit includes a separator element by means of which the filling material plait can be removed when a relative movement is executed between the filling tube end and the separator element, the separator element including at least one filling material adhesion surface to which filling material is transferable and adherable, and the adhesion surface has associated therewith a cleaning device.
Claims22
A filling machine for sausages, comprising at least one filling tube, from an exposed filling tube end of which filling material exits during a filling process, at least one removing unit for removing filling material exiting the filling tube end at least during a filling process interruption, wherein the at least one removing unit includes at least a separator element and a relative movement can be generated between the filling tube end and the separator element, the separator element comprising a filling material adhesion surface to which filling material that has been removed from the filling tube end is transferable and adherable, and a cleaning device for removing filling material from the adhesion surface.
The filling machine according to claim 18, wherein the wiper blade or wiper lip is configured or coated such that filling material will not easily adhere thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.