Patent ID: 6287188
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A stuffing machine for products such as ground or extruded meat or similar food products, comprising:a storage hopper to receive the product having an airtight lid to permit forming of a vacuum in the hopper;the vacuum assisting loading the product into the hopper from a feed tube;a level sensor which opens and closes a valve in the feed tube to control the loading of the product;a mixing arm having pegs rotatably engaged in the hopper;two mechanical thrusting means made up by helical scroll means located in a space under the hopper and the mixing arm;the two mechanical thrusting means operating separately with continuity on the product, thrusting and compacting the product in a direction and into an inlet of a vane stuffing pump located at an exterior end of the hopper, said helical thrusting elements facing each other operating with equivalent helixes.