Packaging machine and method for chitterlings

摘要

A machine and method for filling containers with controlled volumes of chitterlings is supplied by a hopper that is loaded from its open top from a vessel filled at ground level and then elevated and dumped into the hopper. A volumetric dispenser at the bottom of the hopper employs a cut-off blade cooperating with spaced scissor end plates to separate a volume to be dispensed from the bulk quantity by scissoring off the chitterlings. Open top containers are carried beneath the dispensing end on a conveyor and then the filled containers are moved to a turn-table where they may be manually capped.