Patents Assigned to Albert Handtmann
  • Patent number: 10888097
    Abstract: A filling machine includes a suspension device, and is operable to suspend sausages, in particular sausage chains, with a plurality of circulating suspension hooks. The suspension device includes an integrated weighing unit for weighing at least one sausage or at least one sausage chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Osswald, Robert Winghart, Klaus Schmid, Kurt Strohm, Jochen Merk, Gerhard Schliesser
  • Patent number: 10834931
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hanging device, a smoke bar top module as well as a method for extracting a sausage group that hangs on multiple hanging hooks of a hanging device. The hanging hooks have a device for guiding a smoke bar or a smoke bar top module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Florian Osswald, Siegfried Reutter, Gerhard Mueller, Gerhard Schliesser, Jochen Merk
  • Patent number: 10834954
    Abstract: Device for forming and dividing of at least one string-shaped pasty foodstuff into slice-shaped products, with a forming nozzle for extruding the string-shaped foodstuff along a conveying direction through a nozzle opening, which determines the thickness of the slice-shaped product, at least one forming plate that is arranged downstream of the forming nozzle and that can be displaced during extrusion with at least one positioning element in at least one component transversally to the conveying direction, and with a control unit that controls the positioning element synchronously to the extrusion velocity in a way that the at least one forming plate forms a longitudinal contour of the slice-shaped product variably during extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Siegfried Reutter, Claudiu Cret, Daniel Teufel, Achim Werner, Peter Willburger, Simon Haid
  • Patent number: 10820600
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a first transport device for transporting the sausage portions, an ejection device for pushing the sausage portions from a first transport device to a second transport device, which is configured as a drum or fan belt. The first transport device has a lower and an upper circumferential transport means, between which the sausage portions are transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Michael Fuergut
  • Patent number: 10745249
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a receiving basket for a lifting device of a food processing machine, in particular a filling machine with a lifting device, whereby the receiving basket receives the meat trolley, as well as a respective method. The receiving basket or the meat trolley has a sealing element that enables a sealing point between the receiving basket and the meat trolley.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Maile
  • Patent number: 10716309
    Abstract: A filling machine and a method for filling a pasty mass, in particular for the production of sausages, with a delivery pump for conveying the pasty mass with a first drive, and a dosing pump that is coupled to an outlet of the delivery pump and a transmission train via which the dosing pump is coupled to a second drive integrated into the filling machine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Martin Staudenrausch
  • Patent number: 10575533
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a filling machine for filling foodstuffs comprising a predetermined proportion of pieces of filling in a liquid. The pieces of filling are charged into a hopper and liquid is during the filling process added into the lower region of the hopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Kloos, Martin Staudenrausch, Uwe Wiemann
  • Patent number: 10506816
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Maile
  • Patent number: 10375980
    Abstract: The invention relates to a forming device for forming and partitioning a pasty food strand as well as to a filling machine with a respective forming device and to a method. The forming device comprises more than two flat displacement elements superposed in the direction of transport of the food strand, each having at least one opening through which the food strand can be moved in the direction of transport. The forming device further comprises a movement mechanism for moving the flat displacement elements on respective curved paths, such that the respective openings can move relative to each other, so that the cross-sectional area of the resulting overall opening of the superposed openings changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Claudiu Cret, Daniel Teufel
  • Patent number: 10238123
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for transferring sausage portions with a supply transport device, at least one removal transport device, and at least one ejector for ejecting at least one sausage portion from the supply transport device onto the removal transport device. The removal transport device comprises a lower transport device and a holding device disposed thereabove between which the at least one sausage portion is transported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Heim, Siegfried Reutter, Thomas Fischer
  • Patent number: 10085460
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for filling of sausage sleeves with pasty material through a filling tube, wherein the pasty material is fed in the filling tube through an opening on its rear end in the axial direction. At the end of the filling process, the filling tube is moved back out of its filling position in the axial direction onto an axially arranged closing element, wherein the opening is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Betz, Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Schliesser, Christian Restle, Florian Osswald
  • Patent number: 10022754
    Abstract: A filling machine and a method for intermediate cleaning of a filling machine, where the filling machine comprises a hopper for filling in a pasty substance, a conveying mechanism for conveying the pasty substance in the direction toward an outlet opening. The filling machine comprises at least one spraying device above or within the hopper for distributing the cleaning medium onto the hopper inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik, GMBH & CO., KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Martin Staudenrausch, Gunter Sailer, Martin Widmann
  • Patent number: 9723848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a filling machine and a respective filling machine. In the method, the height and/or the inclination of the filling machine is first measured according to an actual state. The measured values are transmitted to a calculation unit. The actual state of the height and/or the inclination is compared with a target state of the height and/or the inclination. The height and/or the inclination of the filling machine are then adjusted on the basis of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Martin Staudenrausch, Marcel Nusser
  • Patent number: 9675087
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling machine for producing sausages and a method for monitoring the state of fouling of a collection container and/or a channel which is in communication with the collection container of such a filling machine, where the filling machine comprises a vane cell pump for delivering pasty mass, a vacuum pump for generating negative pressure of the vane cell pump, where the vane cell pump is via the collection container for the pasty mass that is dragged along in communication with the vacuum pump. The filling machine further comprises an inspection opening that is via a channel in communication with the collection container for inspecting the channel and/or the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Claus-Peter Miller, Martin Staudenrausch, Guenter Sailer, Marcel Nusser
  • Patent number: 9668492
    Abstract: In a device for manufacturing co-extruded food products with a filling machine, including a pump for an inner mass coupled to a drive and a control unit at least for the drive, to which a coextrusion unit disposed at the outside is connected, and to which a pump being coupled to a drive at least for delivering the outer mass to the coextrusion unit is connected. The drive of the outer mass pump is integrated into the inner mass filling machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Baechtle, Gerhard Mueller
  • Patent number: 9560856
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filling machine and a method for filling a pasty mass, in particular for the production of sausages, with a vane cell pump for conveying the paste mass, a vacuum pump for generating negative pressure in the vane cell pump, where the housing of the vane cell pump comprises an evacuation opening via which the vacuum pump can evacuate the vane cells. The evacuation opening is formed in the cover of the vane cell pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Maile, Paul Mantz, Martin Staudenrausch
  • Patent number: 9554581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a sausage collating device and a method for collating sausages to form sausage groups of a predetermined number of sausages with a transport device for transporting spaced sausages and at least one accumulator element for accumulating the sausages, where the at least one accumulator element is for collating and is movable in the direction of transport of the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Willburger, Michael Fuergut, Michael Heim
  • Patent number: 9480264
    Abstract: A method and a device for controlling a filling machine with a clipping machine, the clipping machine and the filling machine exchanging process data via a communication interface, where functions of the clipping machine, in particular the movement profile of opposed clipper scissors, and functions of the filling machine, in particular the speed profile of a feed mechanism, are automatically adjusted with respect to each other by at least one control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Schmid
  • Patent number: 9470513
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for determining at least one parameter relating to the shape of the sausage, which is transported on a transport device, in particular between two circulating means of transport. A measuring device has at least one distance sensor, which is disposed in such a way that said sensor can detect a distance c to a sausage that is being transported. Furthermore, an evaluation device is provided, which determines at least one parameter relating to the sausage as a function of the distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Fischer
  • 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