Clamp means for a stuffing machine.

摘要

A clamp (30) for attaching a shirred casing article, to a stuffing machine. The casing article includes a shirred casing carried on a disposable sleeve and the clamp comprises a plurality of radially movable elements (62) arranged circumferentially about an end of the sleeve. The elements are driven by a cam which rotates about the longitudinally axis of the sleeve such that rotation in one direction presses the elements radially inward against the sleeve and rotation in an opposite direction moves the elements radially away from the sleeve.