Sausage brushing apparatus

Abstract

An apparatus for brushing encased sausages to remove encrusted materials therefrom including an enclosed base housing having a closed chamber therein with an elongated opening on the upper surface of the housing leading to the chamber. An upright support disposed above the housing carries a vertically movable transverse member that suspends a plurality of encased sausages above the housing opening. A pair of elongated brushes are disposed within the housing chamber and beneath the opening with the axes of the brushes being generally parallel and skewed with respect to one another and the brushes are counter-rotated at predetermined speeds and directions so that when the encased sausages are moved downward through the housing opening into the area between the brushes, the sausages are brushed longitudinally and are rotated about their own axis during the brushing action. The support structure is counter-balanced so as to fully support the suspended sausages and the base housing includes auxiliary spray means to wash the sausages incident to brushing as well as an auxiliary exhaust system to prevent the brushed off materials from being thrown into the air outside the housing.

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