Feeder for meat pieces made of entire muscles for a piston stuffing machine
AssigneeViscofan, S.A.
InventorsFrank Florindo, Klaus Kapps
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Abstract
Incorporates buckets (3) open on their top in which the meat pieces are loaded, moving on traction device (4) that execute a step by step motion towards the feeding area located between the piston (1) and the body of the stuffing machine (2), where the meat piece is pushed by the piston (1) towards the body of the stuffing machine (2) for compacting and subsequently wrapping it. The buckets (3) have open front and rear faces to facilitate the run of the piston (1) and the exit of the meat piece towards the body of the stuffing machine (2). In addition, a device is provided for facilitating the centered position of the bucket with respect to the position of the piston (1) in the feeding area.
Claims7
Feeder for meat pieces made of entire muscles for a piston stuffing machine having a body for receiving a meat piece, the feeder comprising:
- a plurality of buckets (3) that are each open on their top face, have an open front face and an open rear face and that respectively receive the meat pieces;
- traction means (4) connected to the buckets for moving the buckets one at a time and in a step by step movement towards a feeding area;
- and a piston (1) at the feeding area for stuffing a meat piece that is in a bucket that is at the feeding area into the body of the stuffing machine (2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.