Patent ID: 7641543
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A process for cutting a predetermined number of sausages from a string of sausages comprising the steps of: providing a first conveyor system for delivering a string of sausages to a cutting station and a second conveyor system separate from and downstream of the first conveyor system for conveying sausages cut from the string of sausages to a packaging machine, wherein a cutting station is positioned between the first and second conveyor systems for cutting sausages from the string of sausages; providing a sensor device which (1) recognizes a separating point between two sausages and (2) counts a predetermined number of sausages with reference to the recognized separating points; providing a servomotor for selectively driving the first conveyor system in a forward and reverse direction in response to the sensor device; wherein