Apparatus for inserting a sizing disc into a tubular casing

摘要

Apparatus and method for implanting a sizing disc into an open unshirred end of a shirred tubular casing wherein the sizing disc is larger in diameter than the inflated unshirred end of the casing. The invention provides means for the uniform contacting and local stretching of unshirred casing that surrounds the disc as the disc advances through the unshirred end of the casing.