US1545813A

US1545813A - Sausage-linking machine

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Publication number: US1545813A
Application number: US717530A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clos Ludwig
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1924-06-03
Filing date: 1924-06-03
Publication date: 1925-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 1942-07-14

Description

Jul 14,1925. 1,545,813

L. cuos SAUSAGE "LINKING MACHINE Filed June 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l I July 14, 1925.

L. CLOS SAUSAGE LINKING MACHINE Filed June 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 W/T/VEJJ 64,419 64 holes infthe polygonal frame" 5 and to bef tightened thereto by nuts 13. At its upper end, said member piece 35, the upper face of which-1s arched and provided longitudinally with a channel 31, which is adapted to be considerablywider than the tiickness of the filled sau sage casing and is ends, as at 32 (Fig. 2). v e

The operation or the'machine 1S as rollows: r v

The shaft 3 and consequently the platform 5 aredriven fromasuitable source of power through abelt (notshown) engaging the pulley 4, From, a suitable place near the top of the machine, the filled sausage casings are adapted to be fed 1nterm1t tently into the successive units, when reachingv a certain position, top,board, conveyor or directly from a filling'machine (not shown). o v I As the filled sausage casing is beingdeposited onto a unit to extend longitudinally midway between and rest upon the pair of cylinders '18 18 the parts of thelfilled sausage'casing adjoining the'one thus depos;

ited on the cylindersare held infthe grooves or channels 31 of the guides 12, while the ends of the part ot sausage casing to be treated are each located in'the space vbetween the projecting portion of the vertical rib 20 and the horizontal fingers 37'or the supports. 1 At this period, the flattened part 20 of the cylinder 18 is so located as to permit the passage of the sausage casingunder the projecting partfof therib 26.

squeezing operation,

Immediately before the gear 27 engages the toothed sector 7, the sausage casing lies midway between and on the cylinders 18* and 18 with'its ends resting on the fingers 37 or the holders (Fig. 6). After, the engagement ofthe gear 27 with the toothed sector 7 and luring thecontinuation of the rotation of the frame 5, the cylinders 18 and 18 and also the squeezers or squeezing cams 22 will receive a rotation in clockwise direction through the medium ofthe'

bevel gears

29 and 19. The protruding portions 23 0f he squeezing cams 22 will then press the sausage casing against the fingers 37 into the groove 30. As a result of this x the meat in the filled sausage casing is pushed. aside at the points of pressure forming a link. During the squeezing operation, the cylinder 18* is in such a position that itsfiatportion 21 is in contactwiththe sausage easing, so that the I rotation of the cylinders will not rotate the sausage cas'ing depo'sited thereon. On a continuous rotation, the cam part 23 re- 7 link and the cylinders 18 and 18 'begin to turn the sausage link heldwith' itsrends in the depressions 0f the holders 25. 'When thegear '27'ar'rives at the opposite end of the toothed' sector is formed with a head and supports may number of" units must equal that of the from a suitable table self, and means including ary rests'a-t the ends of 7,thecylinders 18 and 18 'have completed the turning of the sausage link, which is nowrea'dy to pass from the unit.

Each unit 11' is adapted to formone link in the filled sausage casing, only every second sausage link being formed in this fashion. The finished string of sausage links made still wider at both" may then be deposited on a belt conveyor that may be provided on the side opposite that at which sausages arebeing fed into the machine or else the string' 'ofsausage links. may vice, that may stick ready for the It is understood smoke-house. that any number of units be used and that the guides 12. It is also understood that the units, with proper modifications, may be used separately without the revolving framework.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters-Pate'nt is:

1. In a sausage linkin'g'machine, a device of they character described, :comprising a pair of revolving members adapted to receive between themselves a portion of filled sausage casing and capable at certain periods of iparting a turning movement to thelatter, and means including squeezers operatively connected tosaid'members and adapted to squeeze the ends of said portion of sausage casing to form a link.

2. In a sausage linking machine, a device ofthe character described, a pair of revoluble drums adapted to receive between themselves a portion of a'filled sausage casing and capable of turning the latter around itstationary rests and'jrevolving squeezers operatively connected to one of said drums and adapted "to squeeze the ends of saidportion of sausage casingfto form a link, said drums being so shaped that during the squeezing operation the sausage casing will not be turned.

3. In a sausage linking machine, a pair of revoluble' drums adapted to receive between themselves a portion ofa filled sausage casing and capable at certain periods of turning he latter around itself, stationone of said drums and revoluble squeezers at the ends of and operated by the other drum adapted to squeeze the sage casing to form a link, said drums havincr flattened parts so arranged relative to said squeezers that said link will not be turned around itself during the squeezing operation,*and means for guiding the Sansage casing onto the drumsL' 1 4; Ina sausage linking machine, a pair of parallel drums capable of being revolved in the same direction and having flattened porti 'nso'n supports at the ardent one, of said cylin be taken off by some special de 'putfithe sausage links on a.

their circumferences, stationary ders and cam members at the ends of the other cylinder, said cam members being adapted in cooperation with said stationary supports to squeeze the ends of a part of a filled sausage casing deposited midway between and resting on said cylinders, the flat portions of said cylinders being adapted to hold the part of the sausage casing treat ed from turning during the squeezing operation and means for imparting rotation to said cylinders and squeezing cams.

5. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular system or series of revolving uniform units and a sausage guide between each two adjoining units, each unit being adapted in a certain position to re ceive a predetermined length of a filled casing to form a link and said guides being adapted to hold the adjoining parts of the sausage casing in being formed, each unit comprlsing means for squeezing the ends of the sausage deposited in said unit and means for turnin said link around itself after operation.

6. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series of revolving uniform units and a sausage guide between each two adjoining units, each unit comprising a rigid frame, a pair of drums revolubly mounted therein and adapted to receive be tween themselves a piece of filled sausage casing to form a link, said drums being capable of turning said piece of sausage casing upon itself, means at the ends of one of said drums for squeezing the ends of the piece of and means for periodically operating said cylinders and squeezers.

7. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series of revolving uniform units, each comprising a rigid frame, two drums therein adapted to be periodically rotated in the same direction and to receive a predetermined length of sausage casing to form a link, stationary members at the ends of one of said drums and means at the ends of the other drum 5% the squeezin g position, while a link is sausage casing held in said unit, drums therein adapted and revolving with the latter, said revolving means being adapted incooperation with said members to squeeze the ends of a piece of sausage casing deposited in said unit and means for periodically revolving said drums, so as to turn the link ofsausage casing around itself, after the squeezing operation. i

8. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a circular series of revolving uniform units, each comprising a rigid frame, two drums therein adapted to be periodically rotated in the same direction and to receive a predetermined length of sausage casing to form a link, stationary members at the ends of one of said drums, each comprising a stationary vertically slanting member formed with a groove at its base and a pair of horizontal fingers projecting from said base, and cam members at the ends of the other drum adapted, when revolved, to pass by said vertically slanting member and through the space be tween the pair of fingers, so as to squeeze the ends of the piece of sausage casing deposited in said unit into said groove and means for periodically revolving said drums, so as to turn said sausage link around itself after the squeezing operation.

9. In a sausage linking machine, the combination of a stationary circular guide having a toothed sector, a circular series of uniform units rotatively guided thereon and carrying a gear adapted to periodically mesh with said toothed sector, each unit comprising a rigid frame and a pair of to be rotated by said gear in the same direction and to receive a part of the filled sausage casing, squeezing means comprising stationary members at the ends of one of said drums and rotary members at the ends of the other drum, cooperating with said stationary members to squeeze the ends of said sausage to form a link, and means for periodically revolving said drums to turn said link around itself after the. squeezlng operat1on.

LUDWIG OLOS.