Patent ID: 8808067
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A22C,B65G

Abstract:
1. A discharge device for discharging sausage-shaped products, like sausages, comprising suspension elements, like loops, from a discharge end of a clipping machine to a handling device for said sausage-shaped products, the discharge device comprising: a first guide means for said suspension elements having a first end and a second end as well as an upper guide surface and two side surfaces and extending from the discharge end of said clipping machine towards the handling device, a second guide means arranged at said side surfaces of said first guide means and extending at least approximately between the first and second end of said first guide means, and transportation units including transportation elements with engagement elements which engage the second guide means and which are guided through said second guide means in a transportation direction by said transportation elements, for transporting said suspension elements along said first guide means and for holding the first guide means without using additional supporting means.