ES1078346U - Device for the linear unión and the accumulation of sausage tripas " (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Device for the linear unión and the accumulation of sausage casings that, applicable to join, one after another, multiple sections of casings sewing at two points of their extremities, the tail of one with the initial end of the next, and constitute a long unique gut of up to 30 meters, is characterized in that it is constituted from a cylindrical sleeve (100), with a length of about thirty-five centimeters, which presents section of conical section (101) at one end, about four centimeters, suitable to cushion the loads of casing and as a reference for its placement in the equipment of loads of casings and sausage machines; wherein said sleeve (100) bears at least four series of longitudinal grooves (102) parallel to the axis thereof, intended to reduce the friction between its surface and the casings that will cover and slip as it accumulates on said surface of the sleeve ; and because, in addition, it contemplates a metallic tube (208) capable of being placed, in turn, coaxially inside the sleeve (100), and in which a pair of movable fins are provided, which are configured in such a way that when activated, they allow to overlap the initial and tail ends of the gut sections, which are introduced into the tube and the sleeve, and stretch them to be sewn together with a sewing machine. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DEVICE FOR LINEAR JOINT AND ACCUMULATION OF SAUSAGE CASINGS

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The object of the present invention for Utility Model is inherent to the production of food sausages.

The present device, by means of a specific lightened tube, also called a sleeve, can accumulate many sections of casings sewn one after the other with the help of a sewing machine, for example for skins, and with a second metal tube, which acts as a support, with a pair of fins for stretching the overlapping edges of the adjacent ends of the casings, to form a single casing that can reach thirty meters in length, made up of sections or pieces of casings, also for recovery, intended for machines that they produce sausages, with the extrusion of minced meat, of various kinds, for human consumption.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

At present there are no machines that allow the production of continuous casings similar to the present device.

Specifically, they are being used normally

unique pieces of animal guts that wrinkle, for separately, in a simple plastic food tube, the which is then placed before the mincer and extrusion machine

5 of meat that introduces it into the guts that are They unroll the tube with the advance of the minced meat.

The present device, however, has shape, measures and a series of special mechanisms that 10 allow to make a single continuous casing that can reach up to thirty meters, being able to receive the mixture chopped to its full extent, without interruption and with the reduction of processing times, also improving the final quality, and allowing the producer to recover

15 many short pieces of guts that were previously discarded.

EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION

The main device to be able to do everything what is described above is a specific plastic tube about 20 35 centimeters long on its outer surface, in which a series of longitudinal slits have been made, lightening-like, at least four points, and which have the function of reducing friction so consistent between the guts to be placed on the 25 itself and the outer surface of the tube, both for

facilitate such placement, such as departure at the time of

filled with the mixture by the stuffing machine.

In said tube, which has a conical end,

5 during manufacturing a metal tube with a diameter smaller and longer than the first, with a stop towards the conical part and with a pair of movable fins placed at the opposite end of the conical zone and at the outside of the tube.

10 Then, a first section of casings is introduced into the metal tube and slides to insert the plastic tube, leaving only the terminal part on the fins; then you start to introduce a second piece of

15 guts until it overlaps the "tail" of the previous one and for so much also on the pair of fins that, opening, or lengthening, they will stretch from the inside out, the two sections, the terminal and the initial, of the guts placed one after the other.

twenty Then, entering the two zones one at a time on one sewing machine, one after another, they can be joined laterally sewing the overlapping guts, held extended by the fins, so that they are joined and by

25 both continuous.

Then, loading the entire second section, crumpling it after the first one in the plastic tube lightened, to facilitate their advance, and then placing a third section, also sewn to the second and then a fourth and

5 thus following the same procedure until the tube has remained loaded to the final conical zone opposite the zone casing loading.

Finally, the tube covered with several sections of

10 guts attached, one after the other, can be separated from the tube metallic along with the tube that holds them to be placed in a container in saline solution, for conservation before end use.

15 When casings are to be used for production of the sausages, the tube will be placed and fixed with the conical part towards the stuffer by means of a sleeve cylindrical to be inserted in the same tube.

20 Therefore, while the machine pushes the mix also drags and wrinkles the guts of the tube and, said casings being a high number, sewn one after others, it will not be necessary to stop the advance after each section as in current productions, but only at the end of a

25 large number of sections and after reaching lengths of twenty and up to thirty meters.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Turning now to briefly describe the drawings provided in order to facilitate understanding of the operation and advantages of the invention object of the present specification:

The

figure number one. Shows a view

complete

of the device for the Union linear and the

accumulation

of guts of sausage, object of the

invention.

Figure 2 shows a side elevation view of the sleeve with indentations comprising the device.

Figure 3 shows a view of the sleeve from point B indicated in figure 2 and section according to section A-A indicated in figure 2.

Figure 4 shows a longitudinal sectional view of the sleeve.

Figure number 5.- Shows an example of the sewing machine that is used with the device to make the seams of the casing sections.

Figures 6 and 7. - They show two views of the end of the device through which the sections of casing to be sewn are introduced, showing each phase of the process of introducing said sections.

Figures 8 and 9.- Show again views of the end of the device through which the sections of casing to be sewn are introduced, showing in

in this case the movement of the fins.

Figure number 10.- Shows a view of the sewing machine, in this case showing the sewing process on the fins of the casing sections incorporated in the device.

Figure number 11.- Shows the whole of the device once all the sections of casing that have accumulated on the sleeve have been sewn.

Figure number 12.- Shows the sleeve with the finished gut and once it has been removed from the tube, showing the set of wrinkled sections in it.

The

figure number 13. Shows the

incorporation

of the sleeve with the gut finished

coupled

in a machine stuffer.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforementioned figures, and in accordance with the numbering adopted, a preferred embodiment of the invention can be seen in them, in which each of the parts and elements it comprises have been indicated with the following numerical references :

100 sleeve, with conical end and a series of grooves parallel to the axis thereof, grooves that have the sole purpose of reducing friction between the outer surface and the inner part of the casings that will be placed on it; this sleeve, which will preferably be made of plastic food materials, with a length

thirty to forty centimeters, with an outer diameter of about 25 millimeters, or a thumb, is the fundamental element of the device; since it will accumulate sections of casings sewn together with continuity, at their ends, to obtain, always placed on it, continuous casings with a total length of up to thirty meters.

101 conical section, placed at the opposite end of the load, or placement of the different casing and sewing elements, performs the function of both the terminal end and the compensator of the different lengths of the sewn sections, which will always be different each other, without rules, as they are natural products.

102 slits for reducing the friction surface between the sleeve 100 and the different sections of casings 120.

103 -initial nozzle for the placement of the sleeve 100 in the casings 12 O, is threaded with a slightly conical termination.

120 - sections of pork, sheep, goat and cow casings, treated and clean, for the production of various types of sausages such as sausages, salami or other similar ones.

120-E starting end of casings 120 stretched to overlap the end part of casings 120 preceding them.

120-1 -glue of any length of casing 120 that is inserted in the initial end 120-E and that

it will be sewn to it to carry out the continuity of

desired sections.

122 indicates a section of casings 120 already inserted in the sleeve 100 or in the tube 2 O 8 and wrinkled or collected.

125 stuffing machine, which can be any machine for the elaboration-extrusion of meat for sausages, and which is represented here schematically.

130 sausage or other similar sausage processed continuously, using the casings 120 sewn one after the other.

131 any sausage mix coming from the stuffing machine 125 and introduced by the same machine into the casings sewn continuously.

200 -mechanical type support placed on a support base 201 to provide at least three degrees of freedom along three axes 202, 203 and 204.

201 support base of the entire accessory system for processing.

202 horizontal axis of vertical oscillation of tube 208 with pneumatic actuator 206.

203 - longitudinal rotation axis of tube 208 together with fins 216.

204 vertical axis of horizontal oscillation complementary to the horizontal axis 202 and

rotation 203.

206 pneumatic actuator which may be any pneumatic actuator or the like.

2 O 8 -stainless steel tube that works as a coaxial and horizontal cylindrical support for the sleeve 100, at one of its ends the pneumatic actuator 206 is located and on the other a pair of movable fins 216 joined by way of scissors upside down and actuated by said pneumatic actuator 206.

210 retaining ring, stop, of the sleeve 100 in the coupling on the coaxial tube

208.

212 -opening-closing control levers that are connected to the actuator 206.

214 connecting rods attached to the fins 216 that cause their stretching movement received from the pneumatic actuator 206 and the control levers 212.

216 fins of the coaxial tube 208, for positioning the seam of the ends of two sections of casings 12 O, initial and final end, overlapped in the tube 208. These fins go in two positions at 18 Oo and internally, at the end of the tube (208).

216-A -fin stretching sense

216.

218 end section of tube 208 slightly conical or, in any case, only flared to facilitate insertion into the casings.

300 sewing machine, consisting of any sewing machine such as a machine for fur or artificial leather or other, both with a horizontal needle, as shown in the example of the figures, and vertically, using cotton thread or the same material as the casings To sew.

302 thread for sewing the two sections of overlapping casings, cotton or derived from the same casings.

304 - drag wheels and support wheels for the ends to be sewn.

306 needle, horizontal in this sewing scheme, here the machine preferably being used a machine for sewing leather or similar materials.

310 indicates the seam section of the two ends of the overlapping casings, the initial end of the second section and the tail of the first with respect to their respective locations in tube 208 and sleeve 10 O.

B1, B2, Bn-1 indicate the different sections, in an indeterminate number, of contiguous casings sewn together, at their ends, which form a continuous tube to receive the mixture to be stuffed with a length of between 20 and 30 meters, formed by sections of any length.

Attending the attached drawings, it is observed how these refer both to the elements that are part of the present device, and to the equipment

necessary for its use and, finally, they provide

indications

on the order of the operations or the

sequence

of the jobs manuals to perform for

obtain

the results desired with the Present

device.

Thus, Figure 1 provides a complete view of the device, formed essentially by the sleeve 100, into which the metal tube 208 is inserted, which functions as a longitudinal support for the sleeve 100 itself, and which has three degrees of freedom, depending on the vertical axis (rack) 204, horizontal axes 202 and rotation 203, to give the tube 2 O 8, with the sleeve 100 and the fins 216, any possibility of rotation or, in any case, of oscillation and maneuverability on the part of the operator during the placement of the casings in the sleeve 100, determining element of the device.

The fins 216 are stretched, at the appropriate time, by means of the pneumatic actuator 206, and with the help of the levers 212 and the connecting rods 214, to allow the seam 310 of two casings one after the other, as will be detailed later.

Referring to Figures 2 and 3, the sleeve 100 seen from the outside and in section is observed, in which, with a length that varies between 30 and 40 centimeters, with a diameter of about 25 millimeters or a thumb, on its surface Outside, a series of slits 120 have been made, here four series of parallel slits, the preferred solution, which perform the important function of reducing by more than fifty percent the friction between the casings that should cover it and said outer surface.

On the other hand, the conical area 101 of the sleeve 100 has the function of both a stop on the fixed reference provided by the retaining ring 210, and a final compensation of the casings inserted one after the other and that in no case will they have a total length equal to each other, and even less constant.

In figure 4 the view of the sleeve 100 is completed indicating a longitudinal section in the

than

a time plus I know can observe the Serie of

clefts

102 and its shape specific, too inside

of the

tube.

Figure 5 shows an example of a sewing machine 300, necessary to make the final product, although this sewing machine 300 is represented here only as an example and can be replaced by other types on the market, also vertical, instead of horizontal as the machine for natural or artificial skin shown here.

In any case, the 3 O O sewing machine must have pressing and drag wheels 304 and access wheels, at the ends to be sewn, open to introduce the overlapping casings 120 as in the case shown.

Referring to the figure, the left end or final section 218 of tube 208 is observed, in which the casings 120 are inserted and which are then pushed on said 2 O 8 until reaching sleeve 100, wrinkling in a wrinkled section 122; the entire length of a first length of casings 120 is then run until the end, or tail, is in position 1201 on the pair of fins 216, fig. 7.

After completing the slide on the sleeve 100 and the tube 208 of the first section of casings 120, a second section will be introduced, until the tail 120-1 of the previous section is covered with the start 120-E of the new section, in correspondence with the fins 216, as indicated in figure 7, which in the current phase are closed towards the tube 208 and internally to the circumference of said tube 2 O 8. It must be specified that these operations of inserting the tube 2 O 8 AND the sleeve 100 in casings 120, then wrinkled casings 122, are made manually by an operator.

Figures 8 and 9, successively, highlight the preparation for sewing or joining the two ends, initial and tail, overlapping the two sections of casing 120, one after the other.

Figure 8 shows the pneumatic mechanism 2 O 6 that moves the fins 216, but still in the closed or waiting position, while figure 9 shows the movement of said fins 216 towards the outside due to the pneumatic actuation 2 O 6 And of the connecting rods 214 actuated by it. Said movement of the flaps 216 stretch out the two ends, initial 120-E and tail 120-1 of the previous one, so that a suitable area is prepared for a machine seam 310, indicated by the two dotted lines, where the sewing machine will make a 310-inch seam on both sides.

Specifically, Figure 10 shows this operation carried out in two successive moments, rotating 180 the two casings 120 with the tube 208 after the first seam. With this operation, the first two will be able to accumulate, crinkling them on the sleeve 100

sections joined at their ends, turning them into a single gut.

Following the process as described for the first two sections of casing 12 O, it will be possible to add all the sections, more or less long, that the sleeve 100 may contain wrinkled, as indicated with reference 122. This is also observed in Figure 11, where B1 to Bn are an indefinite number of sections of casings joined, one after the other, and wrinkled until the complete saturation of sleeve 100 up to its conical section 101, which allows a last adjustment, compensating the obvious diversity of length of the different sections 120, and especially the last section.

Figure 12 shows the finished product of this linear processing of casings, that is, sleeve 100, which contains an indefinite number of crumpled sections 122 of casings, joined together to form a single casing with an indeterminate length, but in all always case of about 20-30 meters, on a sleeve of about 35 centimeters and prepared for use in a stuffer 125 to produce sausages such as sausages or others.

FIG. 13 shows any stuffing machine 125 that contains the mixture 131 that comes out of a nozzle on which the sleeve 100 is coupled with the casings made up of casing sections 120 joined together and wrinkled. Closing the initial end of said continuous casing, the compound will fill it during the exit and will continuously drag the wrinkled casings 120 to the end of the Bn elements sewn together, that is, 20-30 meters of sausage other sausages 13O, without substitutions after each section B1, B2, etc. as it happens with

conventional systems.

The advantage of the device is evident, since it allows it to be placed in a

5 only sleeve 100 a large number of sections 120 sewn together, instead of placing them in a support tube one by one with a great cost in terms of time and materials.

Furthermore, the device accelerates production times, since the stuffing machine 125 must not be stopped after each section and the tube that supports each casing 120 must be replaced, but only after In sections of crumpled casings 120 122.

15 It should be noted that simple geometric variations of the recommended device, specifically of sleeve 100, fins 216 and tube 208 or of a productive method, or also a technological method, do not modify

20 the essence of the object of the present invention, which

realizes a unique device to contain an indefinite number of sections In of guts joined start-tail by means of sewing.

Claims (7)

one.

-Device for the linear union and accumulation of sausage casings that, applicable to join, one after the other, multiple sections of casings sewing at two points on its extremities, the tail of one with the initial end of the next, and constituting a casing The only one up to 30 meters long, is characterized in that it is made up of a cylindrical sleeve (100), with a length of about thirty-five centimeters, which has a section of conical section (10 1) at one end, of about four centimeters , suitable for cushioning casing loads and as a reference for placement in casing loading equipment and sausage machines; in which said sleeve (10 O) has, at least, four series of longitudinal slits (102) parallel to its axis, intended to reduce friction between its surface and the casings that will cover and slide, wrinkling when accumulating on said surface of the sleeve; and because, in addition, it contemplates a metal tube (208) capable of being placed, in turn, coaxially within the sleeve (100), and in which a pair of movable fins has been provided, which are configured in such a way that When actuated, they allow the initial and glue ends of the casing sections to overlap, which are inserted into the tube and the sleeve, and stretch them to be sewn together with a sewing machine.

2.

-Device for linear connection and accumulation of sausage casings, according to claim 1, characterized in that the sleeve

(100) has on its cylindrical surface with at least four series of slits (102) each consisting of at least eight slits. 3. -Device for linear union and accumulation of sausage casings, according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the tube (208) which is inserted into the sleeve (100) is a metal tube, and is arranged applied to a support (200) that allows three degrees of freedom, according to three different axes, of vertical oscillation along a horizontal axis (202) , of rotation along a longitudinal axis of rotation (203) and of horizontal oscillation along a vertical axis (204). 4. Device for linear connection and accumulation of sausage casings, according to claim 3, characterized in that the tube (208) has, at one end, a pneumatic actuator

(206)

which moves, in opening and closing, the fins (216) located, in two positions at 18 Oo and internally, at the opposite end of the tube (208).

S.

-Device for linear connection and accumulation of sausage casings, according to claims 3 and 4, characterized in that the tube

(208), in proximity to the actuator connection (206), carries a stop reference ring (210) of the conical area (101) of the sleeve (100). 6.-Device for linear connection and accumulation of sausage casings, according to claims 3, 4 and YS characterized in that the actuator (206) transmits the oscillating movement to the fins (216) by means of levers (212) and mechanical connecting rods (214).

7.

Device for the Union linear and the

accumulation

of guts of sausage, according anyone of

the

claims 1-6 characterized why the

sewing machine is a sewing machine with drive wheels and pressing, which allows the introduction of the edges to be sewn in the open field, and with needle horizontally or vertically. 8.- Device for linear union and accumulation of sausage casings, according to any of claims 1-7, characterized in that the sleeve (100) is removable from the tube (208) and can be coupled 10 to the discharge nozzle of minced meat from a stuffing machine.