US RE40,029 E1 | ||
Process for the continuous manufacture of sausages | ||
Antonio Jorge Schutz, Buenos Aires (Argentina) | ||
Assigned to Frigorifico San Carlos Sociedad Anonima, Buenos Aires (Argentina); and Adam Anderson, Overland Park, Kans. (US) | ||
Filed on Oct. 10, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/269,015. | ||
Application 10/269015 is a reissue of application No. 09/177080, filed on Oct. 23, 1998, now 6,135,869, filed on Oct. 24, 2000. | ||
Int. Cl. A22C 11/00 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 452—32 [452/35; 53/453] | 38 Claims |
1. Process for the continuous manufacture of sausages, comprising the following steps:
continuous feeding of a pair of sheets, one above and the other below tubes feeding
[ said sheets presenting sealing regions therebetween and each of said feeding tubes presenting an outlet;]
continuously forming at the upper sheet individual molds for the product to be packed;
simultaneously forming at the lower sheet, individual molds corresponding to the molds of the upper sheet, but connected one
to the other by cavities narrower than those of said individual molds, the size of
tensioning the sheets at least at the sealing regions between them;
longitudinally sealing the sheets on both sides of said individual molds;
advancing said individual molds thus formed beyond the outlet of said feeding tubes, closing under pressure the
filling [ said individual molds with ] the
pressure closing the
heat sealing the
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