Food casing presizing device
AssigneeTeepak, Inc.
InventorThomas R. Stanley
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Abstract
A sizing ring for stretching tubular food casing drawn from a stuffing horn has expandable fingers which can be spontaneously adjusted during filling operations for fine tuning the diameter of casings for greater dimensional uniformity of stuffed food casings.
Claims12
A sizing ring for food casing, comprising means for mounting said ring onto a stuffing horn, means for diametrically engaging and stretching the food casing from a length of casing on the stuffing horn, and a continuous, bifurcated wall means extending radially from the mounting means for supporting said means for engaging and stretching the casing, said bifurcated wall means including moveable means for expanding and relaxing said means for engaging and stretching the casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.