Patent ID: 6071186
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A suspending device for suspending a chain of linked food products, comprising:a device frame;guiding means on an upper portion of said device frame and having a guide member for guiding portions of the chain of linked food products to a predetermined position while circularly moving a free end thereof;conveying means on the upper portion of said device frame, and adapted to convey the chain of linked food products formed into loops as the chain of linked food product portions guided to the predetermined position by said guide member are caught by said conveying means;power generating means on the upper portion of said device frame and adapted to generate power constituting a conveying force for the chain of linked food products on said conveying means and a circularly moving force for circularly moving said guide member; andpower transmitting means on the upper portion of said device frame and adapted to transmit the power generated by said power generating means to said guide member and said conveying means as the circularly moving force for the free end of said guide member and the conveying force of said conveying means;said conveying means including a plurality of hooks whereby the chain of linked food product portions are caught, and an endless member to which said hooks are attached for conveying the chain of linked food products portion caught by said hooks;said power transmitting means including a first rotatable horizontal shaft connected to said guide member and disposed rotatably on the upper portion of said device frame so as to transmit the power from said power generating means to said guide member and circularly move the free end of said guide member, a second rotatable horizontal shaft connected to said endless member and disposed rotatably on the upper portion of said device frame for transmitting the power from said power generating means to said endless member and causing said endless member to convey the chain of linked food product portions caught by said hooks, and a wrapping connector mechanism for synchronously rotating said first and said second rotatable horizontal shafts; andsaid first rotatable horizontal shaft having an input horizontal shaft and an output horizontal shaft, and said power transmitting means having a speed change gear interposed between said input horizontal shaft and said output horizontal shaft.