Food product stuffing pump with vacuum line
AssigneeThe Kartridg Pak Co.
InventorGary F. Roberts
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Abstract
A stuffing pump for handling a food product having a helical gear metering pump with means for removing air from the material moving through the metering pump and a feed conveyor in a hopper continuously feeding material to the metering pump. The feed conveyer includes a pair of counter-rotating augers in the bottom of the hopper. Independent and infinitely variable drive mechanisms are provided for the metering pump and the feed conveyer.
Claims14
A stuffing pump for handling a food product comprising a helical gear metering pump having a single outlet passage and dual inlet passages, first means for driving said metering pump at variable speed;
- vacuum means connected to the metering pump to remove air from the food product, an elongated hopper above the metering pump for receiving food product, a feed conveyer in the bottom of the hopper feeding food product to the inlet passages of the metering pump at a rate faster than the intake capacity of said metering pump, and second means for driving said conveyer at variable speed.
A stuffing pump for handling a food product comprising a helical gear metering pump having inlet passage means and outlet passage means, first means for driving said metering pump at variable speed, vacuum means connected to the metering pump to remove air from the food product, an elongated hopper above the metering pump for receiving food, a feed conveyer in the bottom of the hopper feeding food product to the inlet passage means of the metering pump at a rate faster than the intake capacity of said metering pump, and second means for driving said conveyer at variable speed.
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