Filling machine and method for filling a pasty mass
AssigneeAlbert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsBernd Maile, Paul Mantz, Martin Staudenrausch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a filling machine and a method for filling a pasty mass, in particular for the production of sausages, with a vane cell pump for conveying the paste mass, a vacuum pump for generating negative pressure in the vane cell pump, where the housing of the vane cell pump comprises an evacuation opening via which the vacuum pump can evacuate the vane cells. The evacuation opening is formed in the cover of the vane cell pump.
Claims16
A filling machine for filling a pasty mass for the production of sausages, comprising:
- a vane cell pump for conveying said pasty mass,
- a vacuum pump for generating negative pressure in the vane cells of said vane cell pump,
- where a housing of said vane cell pump comprises an evacuation opening via which said vacuum pump evacuates said vane cells, and
- where said evacuation opening is formed in a cover of said vane cell pump.
A method for filling a pasty mass with a filling machine, comprising:
- conveying said pasty mass with a vane cell pump, generating a negative pressure in vane cells of said vane cell pump with a vacuum pump, and evacuating said vane cells via an evacuation opening in a cover of a housing of said vane cell pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.