Sausage encasing machine having an improved looper horn
CA 2077840 C · Owner: Stork Townsend Inc. · Inventors: Townsend, Ray T.; Basile, Vincent L. Ii
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A sausage encasing machine (10) has an improved looper horn (56) thereon mounted to be in communication with the horizontal flow path of encased linked sausages being discharged from the machine. The looper horn (56) is mounted on a looper horn adapter (36) which rotatably secures the horn for rotation with respect to the machine about a rotational axis (39) that extend downwardly from the looper horn adapter (36). The looper horn (56) is connected to a suitable source of rotational power (via 40). The geometry of the adapter (36) and the looper horn (56) causes the horn (56) to be rotated from a substantially horizontal position of maximum elevation through a circular continuous arc which …
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- Filed September 9, 1992 and granted January 6, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 9, 2012.
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