Patents Assigned to Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.KG
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PORTIONING A SAUSAGE STRING GENERATED BY A FILLING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20140170946
    Abstract: A method and a device for portioning a sausage string generated by a filling machine into individual sausage portions, having the following steps: transportation of the sausage string in the direction of transport, portioning the filled sausage string by means of opposing portioning elements, which engage in the sausage string, wherein the movement of the portioning elements is controlled, in each case, along a freely adjustable track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Manfred Baechtle
  • Vacuum control in a vacuum filler without external air supply
    Patent number: 8678885
    Abstract: A conveyor system for a filling machine and a method of conveying pasty mass with a corresponding conveyor system and a corresponding filling machine, including a housing with a vacuum opening and a vacuum pump as well as a suction line for generating a vacuum in the conveyor system. A valve mechanism and at least one pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the suction line and/or in the conveyor system are provided. A controller controls the vacuum in the conveyor system or the suction line, respectively, wherein the cross-section of the suction line is adjusted in response to the measured pressure via the valve mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Martin Staudenrausch
  • SUSPENSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUSPENDING SAUSAGES, IN PARTICULAR SAUSAGE CHAINS
    Publication number: 20140073231
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus and a method for suspending sausages, in particular sausage chains, including a plurality of circulating suspension hooks, where the suspension apparatus is configured such that it is able to accommodate a plurality of groups of sausages, the respective sausages being suspended from n suspension hooks. The apparatus includes at least one variable indicator capable of indicating a group end and/or a group beginning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Fischer, Florian Osswald
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING SAUSAGES
    Publication number: 20130280996
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for suspending sausages, where sausages are taken up by suspension hooks moving on a circulation path and are conveyed, suspended from the suspension hooks, in a conveying direction into a removal area. At least a part of the suspension hooks is controllable independently of one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
  • METHOD FOR FILLING SAUSAGES WITH A PASTE-LIKE SUBSTANCE AND FILLING MACHINE FOR PERFORMING THIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20130210326
    Abstract: A method for filling sausages with a paste-like substance by means of a filling machine and to a filling machine for performing this method, including a sensor unit capable of determining at least one parameter that varies differently for different paste-like substances as a function of time. Depending on the at least one determined parameter, a controller determines whether a measure to be implemented on one or more wearing parts is necessary, the wearing parts wearing out at different times depending on the different paste-like substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO.KG
    Inventor: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GMBH & Co. KG
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130205961
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating food products, including to permit a straight cut at high cycle rates, the food product is conveyed by a conveying device in the direction of transport. The food product is cut through, where a cutting element is moved in the direction of transport and transverse to the direction of transport, wherein the motion of the cutting element transverse to the direction of transport is controlled independently of its motion in the direction of transport and the food product does not rest on the cutting area on the conveying means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
  • FOOD MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR MACHINE FOR PROCESSING AND PRODUCING SAUSAGE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130098169
    Abstract: A food machine, in particular a machine for processing and producing sausage, with a step, and a corresponding method, wherein the food machine includes a safety device for detecting whether a person is standing on the step when the step is in a projecting step-on position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Applicant: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co.
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE COMPRESSION IN A VANE CELL PUMP
    Publication number: 20120315171
    Abstract: A method for adjusting the compression in the vane cell chambers in the compression region of a vane cell pump for conveying pasty substance, in particular sausage meat, and a corresponding vane cell pump, wherein the compression is adjusted by changing the guide of the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Staudenrausch
  • VACUUM CONTROL IN A VACUUM FILLER WITHOUT EXTERNAL AIR SUPPLY
    Publication number: 20120295526
    Abstract: A conveyor system for a filling machine and a method of conveying pasty mass with a corresponding conveyor system and a corresponding filling machine, including a housing with a vacuum opening and a vacuum pump as well as a suction line for generating a vacuum in the conveyor system. A valve means and at least one pressure sensor for measuring the pressure in the suction line and/or in the conveyor system are provided. A control means controls the vacuum in the conveyor system or the suction line, respectively, wherein the cross-section of the suction line is adjusted in response to the measured pressure via the valve means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Staudenrausch
  • Holding device
    Patent number: 8277293
    Abstract: A holding device for a stuffing machine for stuffing sausages, having a head provided with a casing brake, and a drive shaft through which the casing brake can be driven, the casing brake enclosing the free end of a filling tube of the stuffing machine at an operating position and exposing the free end of the filling tube by pivoting the head away at a sausage casing pull-on position. When the head is being moved from the operating position to the sausage casing pull-on position, the drive shaft is deflected at an angle ? relative to the longitudinal axis of the holding device without decoupling of the power train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Armin Kibler
  • Apparatus and method for a sausage-casing-sensitive division of stuffed sausage strands
    Patent number: 8251783
    Abstract: An apparatus for a sausage-casing-sensitive division of stuffed sausage strands, having at least one pair of dividing elements for dividing the stuffed sausage strand and at least two guide elements between which the stuffed sausage strand is conveyed in the conveying direction. The distance between the guide elements can be adjusted in dependence upon the sausage caliber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Juergen Flach, Wolfgang Braig, Juergen Bochtler, Jochen Merk
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOADING A FOOD PROCESSING MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A FILLING MACHINE OR A CUTTER, WITH FOOD
    Publication number: 20120207566
    Abstract: A device and a method for loading a food processing machine, in particular a filling machine or a cutter, with food, including a container for receiving the food, a lifting means by which the container can be driven upwards, a drive for the lifting means, and a measuring means for detecting the amount of food in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Maile
  • Device and method for parting sausage chains
    Patent number: 8231442
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating a sausage chain into single sausages, where filled, portioned sausages are initially transported with a first transport device and with a second transport device arranged behind the first transport device in the transport direction T. The portioning point between two consecutively arranged sausages is enlarged due to the transport speed of the second transport device being faster at least intermittently than the transport speed of the first transport device. The sausage chain is then parted at the portioning point in the second transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Juergen Flach, Klaus Schmid
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING RESIDUAL AIR IN PASTY MASSES, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAUSAGES
    Publication number: 20120159805
    Abstract: A device and a method for distributing residual air in a pasty mass, in particular for the production of sausages, with a housing comprising a flow channel and an inlet and outlet for the pasty mass, and with a distributor means for deflecting and mixing the pasty mass thoroughly in the flow channel, where the distributor means can be adjusted such that the mixing of the pasty mass can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Martin Ried, Uwe Weckenmann
  • SCALABLE MACHINE
    Publication number: 20120136460
    Abstract: A food processing machine, such as a filling machine and/or twisting line for the manufacture of foods, particularly sausages, and a corresponding operating method, having at least one function module and at least one control section for controlling the corresponding function modules. Through at least one activation device, and after the input of an access authorization, at least one function module can be activated and/or one performance range from a plurality of possible performance ranges of at least one function module can be activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Maile
  • Device for filling casings
    Patent number: 8137167
    Abstract: A device for filling casings, having a twist-off head which comprises circumferentially offset filling tubes and which is arranged on a support panel to be displaceable in axially parallel fashion and to be rotatable, and a rotatingly drivable casing brake which is axially aligned with a filling tube located in the filling position, the casing brake and the support panel being connected via a rigid shaft which comprises a support section extending towards the casing brake and a guide section extending centrally through the twist-off head, with a drive train being arranged in said shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Juergen Rechsteiner, Christian Restle, Michael Hammerer
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COOLING FOOD MACHINERY
    Publication number: 20120031583
    Abstract: A machine for producing or processing foods with a machine housing and a cooling system for cooling the machine housing interior, whereby the cooling system is formed in such a way that the ambient air is not contaminated by the cooling agent that is contaminated with germs, and a method for cooling the food processing or producing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: BERND MAILE, Günter Sailer
  • DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND FILLING UP FINE SAUSAGE MEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN EMULSION
    Publication number: 20110248105
    Abstract: A device and a method of manufacturing and filling up product in the form of fine sausage meat, in particular an emulsion, with a feed means for the product, a feed pump for transporting the product, at least one downstream fine mincer as well as a filling and/or portioning means arranged downstream of the fine mincer for filling up the produced fine sausage meat or the emulsion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Braig, Manfred Baechtle, Siegfried Reutter, Gerhard Mueller
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PARTING SAUSAGE CHAINS
    Publication number: 20110223846
    Abstract: A method and a device for separating a sausage chain into single sausages, where filled, portioned sausages are initially transported with a first transport device and with a second transport device arranged behind the first transport device in the transport direction T. The portioning point between two consecutively arranged sausages is enlarged due to the transport speed of the second transport device being faster at least intermittently than the transport speed of the first transport device. The sausage chain is then parted at the portioning point in the second transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: MANFRED BAECHTLE, Juergen Flach, Klaus Schmid
  • HOLDING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100233949
    Abstract: A holding device for a stuffing machine for stuffing sausages, having ahead provided with a casing brake, and a drive shaft through which the casing brake can be driven, the casing brake enclosing the free end of a filling tube of the stuffing machine at an operating position and exposing the free end of the filling tube by pivoting the head away at a sausage casing pull-on position. When the head is being moved from the operating position to the sausage casing pull-on position, the drive shaft is deflected at an angle ? relative to the longitudinal axis of the holding device without decoupling of the power train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Armin Kibler