Apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in an actively controlled state by means of a controlling means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• transporting means for receiving, at a lower position spaced apart a predetermined distance from said material-discharging end, the casing containing the material and released and suspended from said material-discharging end, and for consecutively transporting the material-containing casing received;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle toward said material-discharging end in an actively controlled state.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• determining means for determining the position of a twist occurring in the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is released from said material-discharging end, said determining means determining the position of the twist occurring in the casing in synchronism with the intermittent supply of the material by said material-supplying means, said determining means including detecting means for detecting the intermittent supply of the material by said material-supplying means and clamping means for clamping the casing released from said material-discharging end on the basis of a detection signal from said detecting means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• determining means for determining the position of a twist occurring in the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is released from said material-discharging end, said determining means determining the position of the twist occurring in the casing in synchronism with the intermittent supply of the material by said material-supplying means, said determining means including detecting means for detecting the intermittent supply of the material by said material-supplying means and bending means for bending the casing released from said material-discharging end on the basis of a detection signal from said detecting means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in a controlled state, said controlled-pusher means including storage means for storing a pushing program in advance, and the trailing end of the casing is pushed in accordance with said pushing program.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in a controlled state, said controlled-pusher means including an electric motor for generating a pushing force, and storage means for storing a pushing program in advance, and said electric motor is operated in accordance with said pressing program stored in said storage means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in a controlled state, said controlled-pusher means including an electric motor for generating a pushing force, storage means for storing a pushing program in advance, and detecting means for detecting a form of the casing fitted over said nozzle, and said electric motor being operated in accordance with said pressing program stored in said storage means and a detection signal from said detecting means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in a controlled state;
• and
• removing means for removing from a vicinity of said material-discharging end the casing containing the material and released from said material-discharging end.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• determining means for intermittently applying a change of configuration to the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is release from said material-discharging end to determine the position of a twist occurring in the casing, said determining means including a member which is moved in synchronism with the intermittent supply of the material by said material-supplying means to apply the change of configuration to the casing.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• determining means for intermittently applying a change of configuration to the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is released from said material-discharging end to determine the position of a twist occurring in the casing;
• removing means for removing from a vicinity of said material-discharging end the casing containing the material and released from said material-discharging end;
• and
• detecting means for detecting the intermittent supply of the material by the material-supplying means, the removing means including hooking means for hooking the casing containing the material and released from said material-discharging end, said hooking means being controlled in movement thereof in accordance with a detection signal from said detecting means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• removing means for removing from a vicinity of said material-discharging end the casing containing the material and released from said material-discharging end;
• and
• detecting means for detecting the intermittent supply of the material by the material-supplying means;
• the removing means including hooking means for hooking the casing containing the material and released from said material-discharging end, said hooking means being controlled in movement thereof in accordance with a detection signal from said detecting means.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• and
• determining means for determining the position of a twist occurring in the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is released from said material-discharging end, said determining means including a supporting member for supporting from a lower position the casing released from said material-discharging end and suspended by its own weight, and for facilitating a bend in the casing at a supporting position of said supporting member and preventing the rotation of the casing at said supporting position of said supporting member.

An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked food products, comprising:

• a nozzle having a material-discharging end;
• material-supplying means for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of a material into said nozzle;
• a braking member for braking the release of a casing fitted over said nozzle from said material-discharging end;
• rotation-imparting means for rotating said nozzle;
• determining means for determining the position of a twist occurring in the casing which contains the material discharged from said material-discharging end and is released from said material-discharging end;
• a portion of said determining means engaging with the casing being stationary in a discharging direction of the material from the material-discharging end, while said determining means engages with the casing;
• and
• controlled-pusher means for pushing a trailing end of the casing fitted over said nozzle towards said material-discharging end in an actively controlled state by means of a controlling means.