1976-09-17
1977-08-30
McGehee, Travis S.
53 24, 53122, 53124E, A22C 1102, B65B 124
Patent
active
040444252
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and method for stuffing viscous product into a shirred casing to produce stuffed casings having product-free end closures. The stuffing apparatus comprises a stuffing horn having disposed interiorly therein a product stoppering means axially translatable between a first site away from the discharge opening in the stuffing tube and a second site blocking the discharge opening in the stuffing tube, said product stoppering means comprising a plunger adapted to seat within and project sufficiently outward from the discharge opening of the stuffing horn so as to effectively sever and compact a product in the trailing end of a stuffed casing thereby effectively providing the trailing end of the stuffed casing adjacent the product with a product-free closure zone.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3890675 (1975-06-01), Nausedas
patent: 3919739 (1975-11-01), Kawai
McGehee Travis S.
O'Brien Cornelius F.
Union Carbide Corporation
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