Abstract: A method and apparatus of packing product in a tubular casing is provided. The method includes providing a continuous length of tubular casing, providing an expansion plug within the tubular casing, grasping the casing upstream end with a casing grabber, moving the casing grabber away from the expansion plug towards an outlet end of a product feed conduit, feeding product from the product feed conduit through the casing upstream end into the tubular casing, and cutting the tubular casing downstream of the product to sever an upstream casing segment from the remaining continuous length of tubular casing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 4, 2022
Assignee:
AREA52 LTD
Inventors:
Tim Fogarty, Mike McDougall, Joel Devito