Method for continuous stuffing of shirred tubular sausage casings
CA 2220823 A1 · Owner: Vrijsen, Marc Joseph Martin · Inventors: Vrijsen, Marc Joseph Martin
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A method and an apparatus which permit continuous stuffing of tubular food casing without stopping the stuffing operation to replace food casing on the stuffing horn. The method comprises placing a first shirred food casing strand onto a stuffing horn. An end portion of the food casing is then extended over the open end of the stuffing horn and the end portion is closed. The stuffing horn is suspended within the food casing by means of a first suspension means engaging the outer surface behind the shined food casing and foodstuff is injected into the stuffing horn through a hole in the first suspension means which mates with a first inlet hole in the stuffing horn so that foodstuff flows …
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- Filed November 12, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 12, 2017.
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