Apparatus for the automatic stuffing of meat products into a double casing comprising a sheet and a net
AssigneeViscofan, S.A.
InventorJuan Arias Lopez
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Abstract
A device for producing meat products by stuffing meat mass in a double casing made up of a film and a net, has a stuffing tube with a diameter, a mechanism for passing the meat mass through the stuffing tube and into the double casing and a mechanism for shaping the film into a cylinder that is adapted to the diameter of the stuffing tube, the shaping mechanism forming longitudinal folds for allowing radial expansion of the cylinder when the cylinder is fed with meat mass through the stuffing tube by unfolding the folds.
Claims18
A device for producing meat products by stuffing meat mass in a double casing comprising a film and a net, said device comprising:
- a stuffing tube (4) having a diameter;
- means for passing the meat mass through said stuffing tube and into said double casing;
- means (3) for shaping the film (5) into a cylinder that is adapted to the diameter of the stuffing tube (4), said means (3) for shaping the film forming longitudinal folds (7) for allowing radial expansion of the cylinder when said cylinder is fed with meat mass through said stuffing tube (4), by unfolding the folds (7).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.