Dual tube stuffing horn with expanding spring for size control
AssigneeTeepak, Inc.
InventorThomas R. Stanley
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of filling food casing for better size control includes an improved stuffing horn with a built-in presizing element in the form of a spirally wound spring for diametrically engaging the inside wall of unfilled casing on the filling horn stretching the casing to the recommended stuffed diameter prior to filling.
Claims13
A filling horn for a food stuffing apparatus, which comprises an inner tubular body, an outer tubular body at least in-part coaxially mounted on said inner tubular buoy, at least one of said tubular bodies being movable relative to the other, and a spring member circumferentially coiled around at least one of said tubular bodies and adapted to expand radially upon movement of one of said tubular bodies.
A method of filling a food casing which comprises the steps of loading a casing onto a filling horn, said horn comprising an inner tubular body, an outer tubular body at least in-part coaxially mounted on said inner tubular body, at least one of said tubular bodies being rotatable relative to the other, and a spring member circumferentially coiled around at least one of said tubular bodies and adapted to expand radially upon movement of one of said tubular bodies, and rotating the rotatable tubular body so as to expand the spring sufficiently to engage the casing interior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.