Abstract: A stuffing pump for use in an apparatus for stuffing sausages or the like in which a rotating shaft for rotatively driving a rotor disposed in a housing is supported by bearings at one end thereof. A shaft member coupled to another end portion of the rotating shaft by a fitting and coupling structure is provided, and the shaft member is supported by a rolling bearing so that the rotating shaft is supported on both sides with respect to the rotor.

Abstract: An apparatus 1 for manufacturing sausages or the like includes: a rotating device 5 for rotating a stuffed casing 3 about its longitudinal axis in an R direction; a plurality of nipping devices 7 for nipping the stuffed casing 3 from the rotating device 5; a moving device 8 for circulatingly moving the nipping devices 7 such that the nipping devices 7 are moved in a B direction in a circulating manner in conjunction with the movement of the stuffed casing 3 in an A direction; and a device 9 for causing a predetermined nipping device 7 to effect a constricting operation with respect to the stuffed casing by fully closing the predetermined nipping device in association with the movement of the nipping devices in the B direction by the moving device 8.

Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like. The apparatus includes a stuffing pump for supplying a material to be stuffed; a stuffing nozzle over which a casing is fitted and which receives the material to be stuffed fed out from the stuffing pump; a hampering member into which the tip of the stuffing nozzle is inserted; and a conveying device for conveying the casing in which the material to be stuffed discharged from the hampering member is stuffed, wherein the material to be stuffed is continuously discharged from the tip of the stuffing nozzle into the casing while the casing is being pulled in its longitudinal direction by the hampering member and the conveying device.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing chain-like food products such as sausages or the like includes a stuffing nozzle over which a natural intestine is fitted and a pinching device for pinching and conveying a stuffed natural intestine in the forward direction of the stuffing nozzle. A stuffing material is discharged from a distal end of the stuffing nozzle into a straightened natural intestine portion of the natural intestine to form a stuffed natural intestine portion. The stuffed natural intestine portion is nipped, and is pulled as it is moved forwardly of the distal end of the stuffing nozzle to reduce the diameter of the straightened natural intestine portion so as to cause the straightened natural intestine portion to come into contact with an outer periphery of the stuffing nozzle. The stuffing nozzle with which the straightened natural intestine portion is brought into contact is rotated to rotate the stuffed natural intestine portion.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a chain of linked sausages or the like includes a nozzle having a material-discharging end for discharging meat serving as a material; a material-supplying device for intermittently supplying a substantially fixed amount of the material into the nozzle; a braking member for braking the release of a sheep intestine fitted over the nozzle from the material-discharging end; a rotation-imparting device for rotating the nozzle; a determining device for determining the position of a twisted portion occurring in the sheep intestine which contains the material discharged from the material-discharging end and is released from the material-discharging end; a removing device for removing from a vicinity of the material-discharging end the sheep intestine containing the meat and released from the material-discharging end; and a controlled-pusher device for pushing a trailing end of the sheep intestine fitted over the nozzle toward the material-discharging end in a controlled state.

Abstract: In the suspending method, a signal of a value proportional to the amount of movement of the conveying device for conveying a chain of products is generated, and suspending members are controlled on the basis of that signal in such a manner as to suspend the chain of products for each desired number of links to be suspended. Meanwhile, the suspending apparatus has a signal generating device for generating a signal of a value proportional to the amount of movement of the conveying device for conveying the chain of products. A suspending device is connected to a controlling device for controlling the movement of the suspending members, and on the basis of that signal the controlling device causes the suspending members to move in such a manner as to suspend the chain of products for each desired number of links.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like including a nozzle for stuffing a material such as a meat emulsion into a casing for sausages or the like, a pump for supplying the material into the nozzle, and a casing engaging member having a portion for engaging with the casing and adapted to rotate while braking the casing. The apparatus includes a device for driving the casing-engaging member, the device including a housing, a rotary member accommodated rotatably inside the housing and adapted to rotate the casing-engaging member with the casing-engaging member fixed therein, a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotary member, a sealing device for preventing the entrance of a foreign substance such as the material into the bearing, and a rotation transmitting device for driving the rotary member, the bearing having a sealing member for sealing a lubricant for the bearing in the bearing.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like including: a nozzle for stuffing a material such as a meat emulsion into a casing for sausages or the like; a pump for supplying the material into the nozzle; a chuck for rotating the casing stuffed by the nozzle; and a linking device for clamping the stuffed casing discharged from the chuck and forming the casing stuffed with the material into the form of a chain in cooperation with the chuck. A motor for driving the pump, a motor for driving the chuck, and a motor for driving the linking device are provided separately and independently of each other, and the respective numbers of revolutions of the pump, the chuck, and the linking device rotatively driven by the respective motors are individually changeable.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for supplying casings to a stuffing device having a stuffing tube for stuffing a content into a casing. The apparatus includes a supplying member having an arranging surface for arranging thereon a plurality of casings between an upstream portion and a downstream portion and having a restricting portion for preventing the casing to be fitted over the stuffing tube from moving in a downstream direction; and an axis extending at a distance from, and along a longitudinal direction of, the restricting portion. The supplying member is rotatable about the axis between a position in which the casing located at the restricting portion is aligned with the stuffing tube on the one hand, and another position on the other.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for suspending a chain of sausages or the like sequentially in the form of loops from moving hooks. The apparatus for implementing the method includes a supplying device for supplying the product in a longitudinal direction thereof; a conveyor having a plurality of hooks adapted to move toward a path of the product in such a manner that a plane of movement of the hook at a position of intersection with the path of the product includes a horizontal component; and a hampering member or a rectifying device. The hampering member is located forwardly of the path of the product in the moving direction of the hook and adapted to press the product in cooperation with the hook. The rectifying device is located downstream of the supplying device and adapted to guide the product supplied by the supplying device toward the conveyor. The products of varying sizes and link lengths are suspended on the hooks securely and stably even when supplied at high speed.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like having a nozzle for stuffing a material such as a meat emulsion into a casing for sausages or the like, a pump for supplying the material into the nozzle, a chuck for rotating the casing stuffed by the nozzle, and a linking device for clamping the stuffed casing discharged from the chuck and for forming the casing stuffed with the material into the form of a chain in cooperation with the chuck. The apparatus includes a device for driving the chuck, the device including a housing, a rotary member accommodated rotatably inside the housing and adapted to rotate the chuck with the chuck inserted and fixed therein, a bearing for rotatably supporting the rotary member, a sealing device for preventing the entrance of a foreign substance such as the material into the bearing, and a rotation transmitting device for driving the rotary member, the bearing having a sealing member for sealing a lubricant for the bearing in the bearing.

Abstract: In an apparatus in which linked sausages are introduced and suspended from a bar in loops, the sausages are delivered to the bar first by suspending the loops of linked sausages from suspending means, arranging the bar at a position ahead of a leading loop of the sausages where a rearward portion of the bar will face the leading loop, delivering the suspended sausages to the bar starting from the leading loop and moving the sausages on the bar toward a forward end portion thereof.

Abstract: A chain of linked sausages is suspended from a bar in equally spaced loops by continuously discharging the chain of linked sausages while the chain is formed into into loops, suspending the loops of sausages directly from the bar a rearward end of which is situated inside the loops as they are formed, and successively moving each loop suspended from the bar toward a forward end of the bar while a uniform loop spacing is maintained.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing sausages or the like comprises a stuffer tube for stuffing sausage dough into a casing, a pump for supplying the sausage dough into the stuffer tube, a casing pusher for propelling the casing, a chuck for receiving the stuffed casing discharged out of an end of the stuffer tube, the chuck being rotatable and frictionally engageable with the stuffed casing, and a linking device coacting with the chuck for twisting the stuffed casing as pushed out of the chuck into a chain of links. There are provided speed changing devices such as conical pulleys and endless belts trained therearound for changing the speeds of operation of the pump and the linking device, respectively. The casing pusher may be actuated either manually or automatically by a fluid cylinder. Manual actuation of the casing pusher permits less rigid collagen casings or irregular animal casings to be propelled without the risk of getting ruptured while being stuffed with sausage batter.