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Sausage link handling and packaging machine

CA 2016160 C · Owner: Drolet, Roger · Inventors: Michaud, Ghislain; Drolet, Roger; Presseau, Michel

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A sausage link handling and packaging machine which comprises a feed conveyor for receiving individual sausage links from a link forming machine and for transferring them onto a main conveyor. These sausage links are transferred in a guided manner whereby to orient them on a predetermined ejecting path. When the sausage links arrive at the receiving end of the main conveyor, they are oriented in a side-by-side transverse alignment relationship. A transfer device is provided at a transfer station along the main conveyor to transfer a predetermined number of the transversely aligned sausage links off the conveyor and onto a package support element. The package support element with the …

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  • Filed May 7, 1990 and granted March 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 7, 2010.
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FiledMay 7, 1990
GrantedMarch 18, 1997
Term endedMay 7, 2010
Patent numberCA 2016160 C
Classification (IPC)B65B35/56 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedMay 7, 1990Patent grantedMarch 18, 1997Term endedMay 7, 2010

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