Patent ID: 6257974
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
A sausage conveyor hook, comprisingan elongated support arm having first and second ends and first and second arm portions disposed at an angle with respect to each other,the first arm portion normally being in a horizontal position and the second arm portion extending downwardly and outwardly from the first arm portion,the support arm having forwardly and rearwardly side edges,a head on a lower end of the second arm portion and having a blade with an upper support edge extending upwardly and forwardly from the lower end of the second arm portion,a tang element on the head having a link engaging portion located rearwardly and below the support edge so that when a strand of linked sausages comprised of a plurality of sausage links separated by link points is draped over the support edge so that a pivotal link point is proximate to the support edge, the strand will bend on the pivotal link point proximate the support edge, and the sausage links adjacent such pivotal link point will be held in an angular position with respect to each other by the relative positions and shapes of the blade and the tang.