US 9,314,035 B2 · Apparatus for filling tubular casings

Abstract

Apparatus for filling tubular casings with a pasty material, in particular gathered-together sausage cases with sausagemeat. The apparatus includes at least one filling tube which is drivable and rotatable about its longitudinal axis and onto which a casing which can be filled with a material can be drawn, wherein an end of the filling tube is rotatably moveably mounted to a receiving portion and associated with the opposite open end is a sausage case braking unit which can be brought into operative relationship with a casing which has been drawn over the filling tube. Arranged on the receiving portion is a support device which has a support element for the filling tube, that is arranged at a spacing (x) relative to the receiving portion in the longitudinal direction of the filling tube, wherein the support element is adapted to carry transverse forces acting on the filling tube.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for filling tubular casings with a pasty material, the apparatus comprising:

a receiving portion;
a first filling tube configured to be drivable and rotatable about a longitudinal axis and on to which a tubular casing can be drawn, the first filling tube having a first end that is rotatably moveably mounted to the receiving portion and a second end opposite the first end;
and
a first support element for the first filling tube arranged at a first spacing relative to the receiving portion along the longitudinal axis of the first filling tube,
wherein the first support element directly contacts and is configured to support the first filling tube and thereby carry transverse forces acting on the first filling tube.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for filling tubular casings

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Apparatus for filling tubular casings

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Abstract

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