Method and apparatus for making sausages in a continuous string and for separating the string into individual sausages or groups of interconnected sausages

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In the production of sausages in the form of a continuous string with subsequent separation thereof into individual sausages or into groups of interconnected sausages, it is possible according to the invention to vary the separating operation in a simple manner in accordance with the length of the sausage and the number of interconnected sausages in groups thereof while still, ensuring an accurate separating performance by the employ, for the separating operation of separator elements mounted opposite one another for synchronously revolving in the conveying direction along respective opposite circular paths, with their revolving speed being variable over the non-operative sector of their …