Apparatus and method for inflating a casing enclosing a sausage stick
AssigneeViskoTeepak Belgium NV
InventorRoland Tallberg
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for inflating a casing enclosing a sausage stick is disclosed, wherein the apparatus includes a holder configured to receive the sausage stick enclosed in the casing and move together with the sausage stick thereby received from an inflation starting position to an inflation end position, and an inflating needle configured to penetrate the casing of the sausage stick received by the holder and to follow the holder immoveably relative to the holder moving together with the sausage stick from the inflation starting position to the inflation end position to inflate the casing between the inflation starting position and the inflation end position.
Claims17
An apparatus for inflating a casing enclosing a sausage stick, the apparatus comprising
- a holder configured to receive the sausage stick enclosed in the casing and move together with the sausage stick thereby received from an inflation starting position to an inflation end position;
- and
- an inflating needle configured to penetrate the casing of the sausage stick received by the holder and to follow the holder immoveably relative to the holder moving together with the sausage stick from the inflation starting position to the inflation end position to inflate the casing between the inflation starting position and the inflation end position.
A method for inflating a casing enclosing a sausage stick, comprising
- providing the sausage stick enclosed in the casing;
- penetrating the casing with an inflating needle;
- and
- moving the sausage stick enclosed in the casing from an inflation starting position to an inflation end position;
- wherein the inflating needle follows the sausage stick immoveably relative to the sausage stick moving from the inflation starting position to the inflation end position, the inflating needle thereby inflating the penetrated casing between the inflation starting position and the inflation end position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.