Method and apparatus for arranging sausages in groups suitable for packing
First Claim
1. A method for arranging sausages leaving a sausage-making machine as a string into groups suitable for packing, comprising placing the sausages on a longitudinally extending conveyor belt, subsequently orienting them with their respective longitudinal axis extending obliquely with respect to the conveying direction of said conveyor belt and thereafter restraining the sausages to turn them to a transverse orientation relative to the conveying direction so they can be discharged in groups.
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Abstract
Sausages leaving a sausage-making machine as a string are arranged into groups suitable for packing by transferring them onto a conveyor belt, subsequently orienting them with their respective longitudinal axis extending obliquely with respect to the conveying direction of the conveyor belt and thereafter restraining the sausages to turn them to a transverse orientation relative to the conveying direction so they can be discharged in groups.
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- 1. A method for arranging sausages leaving a sausage-making machine as a string into groups suitable for packing, comprising placing the sausages on a longitudinally extending conveyor belt, subsequently orienting them with their respective longitudinal axis extending obliquely with respect to the conveying direction of said conveyor belt and thereafter restraining the sausages to turn them to a transverse orientation relative to the conveying direction so they can be discharged in groups.
- 9. Apparatus for arranging sausages leaving the discharge end of a sausage-making machine as a string into groups suitable for packing, comprising a substantially horizontal conveyor belt extending in a longitudinal direction from and in alignment with the discharge end of the machine, deflector means acting on the sausages for orienting them obliquely with respect to said conveying direction, said deflector means being reciprocally mounted laterally above said conveyor belt, and a restraining means extending transversely of said conveying direction at a speced location downstream of said deflector means to turn the sausages to a transverse orientation relative to said conveying direction so they can be discharged in groups.
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