Method and vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material
AssigneeAlbert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsGeorg Zinser, Georg Pick
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Abstract
A method and a vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material, in particular sausage meat, with the sausage meat being filled into a vane-type conveying mechanism by means of rotatably supported vane cells and a negative pressure being produced in a region of the vane-type conveying mechanism for supporting the intake of sausage meat into the vane-type conveying mechanism. The production of negative pressure is efficient in that it is substantially produced while the vane cells are rotating, which is made possible by installing a closure element for the at least partial opening and closing of a vacuum opening in the housing of the conveying mechanism.
Claims12
A method for filling a pasty filling material, in particular sausage meat, with a vacuum Filler, the sausage meat being filled into a vane-type conveying mechanism (1) by means of rotatably supported vane cells (16), and a negative pressure being produced via a vacuum opening (28) in a region (24) of said vane-conveying mechanism (1) by the vacuum opening (28) that is arranged on the housing of said conveying mechanism communicating with a vacuum channel (29) with a vacuum source for supporting the intake of the sausage meat into said vane-type conveying mechanism (1), comprising the step of producing said negative pressure substantially only in the rotating state of said vane cells (16) by operating a closure element (30) for at least partly opening or closing said vacuum opening (28).
A vacuum filler for filling a pasty filling material, comprsing in combination a vane-type conveying mechanism (1) for filling a pasty filling material, in particular sausage meat, said conveying mechanism having a housing (2) including a rotor (11) forming vane cells (16), wherein a vacuum opening (28) which communicates through a vacuum channel (29) with a vacuum source is arranged on said housing (2) of said conveying mechanism, and a negative pressure can be produced through said vacuum opening (28) in a region (24) of said vane-type conveying mechanism (1) for supporting the intake of sausage meat into said vane-type conveying mechanism (1), and a closure element (30) for at least partly opening and closing said vacuum opening (28).
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