Method for washing animal casings
AssigneeW & R Fletcher (N.Z.) Limited
InventorRoderick O. Ward
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of mechanically washing an animal casing such as a bung. The method involves placing the casing on an elongate support element so that the element extends through the casing, the element having a duct or ducts for washing liquid and outlets for discharging the liquid inside the casing. With the casing in place, washing liquid can be caused to issue from the outlets under pressure so as to wash the interior of the casing. There is also disclosed a machine for washing such casings, the machine essentially consisting of a number of such elements which can be loaded with casings in a loading zone, a supply means for supplying washing liquid to the ducts of the elements in a washing zone, and a transport means for transporting the elements in rotation between and through these zones.
Claims11
A method of mechanically washing an animal casing such as a bung, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) placing the casing on an elongate support element so that said element extends through the interior of the casing, said element including means defining duct means for washing liquid and outlet means for the discharge of such liquid in the interior of the casing,
- (b) causing washing liquid to issue under pressure from said outlet means thereby to wash the interior of the casing, and
- (c) directing said washing liquid in the form of jets at an angle to the interior surface of the casing to rotate the casing around said element.
A method of mechanically washing an animal casing such as a bung, said method comprising the steps of
- (a) placing the casing on an elongate support element so that said element extends through the interior of the casing, said element including means defining duct means for washing liquid and outlet means for the discharge of such liquid in the interior of the casing,
- (b) causing washing liquid to issue under pressure from said outlet means thereby to wash the interior of the casing, and
- (c) removing the casing from said element after being washed by applying suction to an end portion of the casing to hold said portion stationary relative to said element and then drawing the rest of the casing over said held portion to turn the casing inside out during removal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.