Article for use in automatically and continuously making stuffed casing products
AssigneeUnion Carbide Corporation
InventorVytas A. Raudys
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Abstract
A magazine for containing a plurality of flattening discs which can be introduced over a stuffing horn and into a casing during the stuffing thereof to produce a stuffed casing product having two substantially flat ends. The magazine is loaded with a plurality of such discs and maintains the discs in an ordered array. The magazine is easily mounted to a stuffing apparatus and facilitates the feeding of the discs into the casing to permit the continuous and automatic production of a plurality of flat-ended stuffed casing products from a single, continuous length of casing.
Claims29
A magazine for use in making stuffed casing products, said magazine comprising:
- (a) an elongated tubular mandrel having a fore end and an aft end;
- (b) a longitudinally extending outer support member disposed about at least a portion of said mandrel so the fore end of said mandrel extends out from a fore end of said support member, said outer support member being of a configuration sufficient to fit within a casing to be stuffed;
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- (c) said mandrel and outer support member defining a space therebetween which is open towards the fore end of said mandrel, said space being adapted to nest a plurality of generally flat annular discs received and stacked on said mandrel for movement along said mandrel in a direction out of said space and towards said fore end.
A magazine for use in making encased food products having substantially flat leading and trailing ends, comprising:
- (a) an elongated tubular mandrel having a fore end and an aft end;
- (b) connector means for detachably mounting said mandrel to a stuffing apparatus such that the food product being stuffed passes through said mandrel and out said fore end;
- (c) an outer support member disposed about at least a portion of said mandrel, said support member and mandrel defining a space therebetween which is open towards said fore end, said support member being of a configuration sufficient to permit passage of a casing to be stuffed over and about said support member;
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- (d) a plurality of substantially flat annular discs stacked in an array one against another over said mandrel and into said space, said discs being movable from said array and along said mandrel from a first, stored position within said space, to a second, ready-to-use position out of said space and adjacent said fore end.
A magazine for use in making encased food products having substantially flat leading and trailing ends, said magazine comprising in combination:
- (a) a longitudinally extending receptacle of a size sufficient to permit the passage of a casing to be stuffed over and about said receptacle;
- (b) said receptacle being generally elliptical in cross section and having an open fore end and a closed aft end, said aft end having a central opening therethrough;
- (c) a plurality of substantially flat, generally circular discs arranged in an ordered, stacked array within said receptacle, the diameter of each of said discs being greater than the minor axis of said elliptical cross section and less than the major axis of said elliptical cross section so that said discs are oriented within said receptacle at an angle to the longitudinal axis of said receptacle;
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- (d) each of said discs having a central opening aligned with the opening in said receptacle aft end, said aligned openings defining an axial passage extending through said aft end and stacked array.
A magazine for use in making encased food products having substantially flat leading and trailing ends, said magazine comprising in combination:
- (a) a plurality of substantially flat, generally circular discs arranged in a stacked array, each of said discs having a central opening and said openings being aligned to define a passage extending axially through said stacked array;
- (b) an elongated tubular mandrel extending through said passage for supporting said stacked array of discs, said tubular mandrel being adapted to mount to a stuffing apparatus so that the product to be stuffed passes through said tubular mandrel;
- (c) said mandrel being generally elliptical in cross section and each of said disc openings being generally circular, the size relationship of said elliptical cross section and the diameter of each circular opening being such that said stacked array will be maintained in a slanted orientation on said tubular mandrel with respect to the longitudinal axis of said tubular mandrel.
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