Abstract: An improved stuffing horn for a meat encasing apparatus which includes as an integral part thereof a rotating stuffing tube. The stuffing tube has a horn mounted on its forward end in order to assist in the casing filling process. The stuffing horn, or fin head, of this invention is preferably multiple threadably engaged with the stuffing tube and is designed to provide a smooth bore through the stuffing tube and into the fin head. The fin head is securely fastened to the stuffing tube but yet easily removable and since a smooth bore exists meat emulsion flow through the tube is generally laminar without impeding turbulence and drag.

Abstract: A stripper means for meat skinning machines is disclosed wherein the machine includes a driven toothed roll which is rotatably mounted on a frame means adjacent one end of a feed table. A pressure shoe means extends around a portion of the driven roll and has a skinning blade extending therefrom for severing the skin from the meat product as the product is moved thereby. The driven roll is provided with a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in the peripheral surface thereof. A stripping shaft is mounted on the frame means below the driven roll and has a plurality of stainless steel stripping elements or blades mounted thereon in a spaced apart relationship. The stripping shaft is provided with a plurality of spaced apart grooves formed in one side thereof which receive one end of the stripping element. Each of the stripper elements has a hook-like upper end portion which is received in the grooves of the driven roll with the hook portion extending around the driven roll in excess of 180.degree.