| 摘要 |
<p>Process and device for segmenting a length of sausage, produced in an automatic filling machine (10), into a plurality of sausages by the intermittent filling of a sausage-skin tube running through a gut brake (18), said tube being constricted during the filling pauses with the aid of squeezing tools and closed by the application of two clips located at a distance from one another with the aid of closure tools (150, 72) situated on the squeezing tools (56, 58, 64, 66), in order to enable separation between the clips (26). Constriction is effected first on a closely-limited length of the sausage and the constricted part is then enlarged by axial expansion of the squeezing tools over the distance between the clips. The clips store is maintained in a stationary position and the two clips (72) are already separated from the clip store (170) during the filling phase preceding the constriction and closing operations, and are presented to the closure tools (150, 72) transversely to the direction of application of the clips, whilst the squeezing tools (56, 58, 64, 66) are open. In this way the clips can be pushed on as desired without it being necessary to interrupt the filling and segmenting process, and the squeezing and closing tools are not loaded down by the weight of the clip store during axial expansion, with the result that they can operate more rapidly.</p> |
