Stuffing apparatus and stuffing method.

摘要

57 Apparatus and method for cleaning residual foodstuff from a disposable stuffing tube (14) while the stuffing tube is in a stuffing position. Just prior to the time when the casing supply is about to run out, a pusher (66) is activated to express residual foodstuff from the tube and into the casing remaining on the tube, thereby using the residual foodstuff to form encased product.