Patents by Inventor Markus Schliesser

Markus Schliesser has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11779026
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for constricting and/or separating a sausage strand moving in direction of transport with two separating devices which in relation to sausage strand are disposed opposite one another, each comprising: a disk mounted to be rotatable about a first axis, a disk arranged thereabove mounted to be rotatable about a second axis with an axis spacing from first axis, at least two connecting elements, at least one of which comprises a displacement element, where a first end of respective connecting element is mounted to be rotatable in first disk at a respective distance r from first axis and a second end in second disk is mounted to be rotatable at same distance from second axis, where connecting elements are guided such that at least one displacement element, during its rotation about first axis, is always aligned at a predetermined angle relative to direction of transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle, Andreas Speh
  • Patent number: 11399549
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a coextrusion apparatus and a filling machine including a coextrusion apparatus of the type in question, wherein, during production of the sausage strand, the ratio of the volume flow of the casing material to the volume flow of the inner mass is variable along the sausage strand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schliesser, Manfred Baechtle
  • Publication number: 20220192208
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for constricting and/or separating a sausage strand moving in direction of transport with two separating devices which in relation to sausage strand are disposed opposite one another, each comprising: a disk mounted to be rotatable about a first axis, a disk arranged thereabove mounted to be rotatable about a second axis with an axis spacing from first axis, at least two connecting elements, at least one of which comprises a displacement element, where a first end of respective connecting element is mounted to be rotatable in first disk at a respective distance r from first axis and a second end in second disk is mounted to be rotatable at same distance from second axis, where connecting elements are guided such that at least one displacement element, during its rotation about first axis, is always aligned at a predetermined angle relative to direction of transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Markus SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE, Andreas SPEH
  • Publication number: 20210259261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a coextrusion apparatus and a filling machine including a coextrusion apparatus of the type in question, wherein, during production of the sausage strand, the ratio of the volume flow of the casing material to the volume flow of the inner mass is variable along the sausage strand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Markus SCHLIESSER, Manfred BAECHTLE
  • Patent number: 9433221
    Abstract: A method for producing a foodstuff, in particular sausages, produced by coextrusion, including extruding a paste mass, coextruding a casing, and where a bonding agent is fed between paste mass and coextruded casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Bächtle, Armin Buechele, Siegfried Reutter, Markus Schliesser
  • Publication number: 20140170945
    Abstract: A method for producing a foodstuff, in particular sausages, produced by coextrusion, including extruding a paste mass, coextruding a casing, and where a bonding agent is fed between paste mass and coextruded casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Bächtle, Armin Buechele, Siegfried Reutter, Markus Schliesser
  • Patent number: 7591717
    Abstract: A device and a method for the manufacture of sausages from paste mass, in particular sausage meat, with a coextrusion head for coextruding the paste mass and a sausage casing, wherein the coextrusion head comprises a filling tube for the ejection of the paste mass as well as an extrusion die assigned to the filling tube with an extrusion gap for ejecting the easing material. In order to produce strong sausage casings, the filling tube protrudes by a distance X beyond the annular gap so that the casing material is extruded through the annular gap onto the filling tube and solidifies along the filling tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenf Abrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Bächtle, Siegfried Reutter, Markus Schliesser
  • Patent number: 7140958
    Abstract: An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand includes at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements having a distance which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand can be moved between and through the guide elements in the transportation direction along a first axis and rotated by the guide elements about the first axis, and a means for jointly rotating the guide elements about the first axis. The sausage strand is first filled with a filling tube of a filling unit, and then guided in the transportation direction through the at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements whose distance can be adapted to the sausage caliber, and the guide elements are rotated about a first axis extending along the transportation direction, wherein the filled sausage strand is also rotated about the first axis, the filled sausage strand being simultaneously supported at a place in the transportation direction behind the guide elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik Gmbh & Co, KG.
    Inventors: Siegfried Reutter, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Bachtle, Markus Schliesser
  • Publication number: 20060160482
    Abstract: A shaping device and a method of forming rounded tips on the ends of sausages and of tying off and/or parting into individual portions a continuously produced sausage skein filled with paste material, with two oppositely located displacement assemblies, which move towards one another and between which the filled sausage skein can be moved in the transport direction, wherein the displacement assemblies are formed such that two opening sections are formed, which widen out in the transport direction, respectively opposite the transport direction, in a tying off and/or parting position between the two displacement assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Applicant: ALBERT H. HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Schliesser, Siegfried Reutter, Franz Muller, Manfred Bachtle
  • Publication number: 20050221743
    Abstract: An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand includes at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements having a distance which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand can be moved between and through the guide elements in the transportation direction along a first axis and rotated by the guide elements about the first axis, and a means for jointly rotating the guide elements about the first axis. The sausage strand is first filled with a filling tube of a filling unit, and then guided in the transportation direction through the at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements whose distance can be adapted to the sausage caliber, and the guide elements are rotated about a first axis extending along the transportation direction, wherein the filled sausage strand is also rotated about the first axis, the filled sausage strand being simultaneously supported at a place in the transportation direction behind the guide elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Siegfried Reutter, Gerhard Schliesser, Manfred Bachtle, Markus Schliesser
  • Patent number: 5947809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for filling sausage casings, comprising a filling machine in which the filling material is ejected through a filling tube into a sausage casing, said casing being twisted off after a portion which is representative of an individual sausage has been filled in, so as to form individual sausages, the filled sausage casing being discharged at a speed which is set in dependence upon a set filling-material output characteristic. For obtaining sausages of identical length and volume in a natural casing, the sausage discharge speed is controlled according to the invention in compliance with a function which is applied to the set filling-material output characteristic and comprises charge-dependent parameters, the function simulating the actual filling-material output characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Schliesser, Markus Schliesser, Klaus Schmid