Patent ID: 6066036
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
In a metering machine or a machine which divides the product to be filled in a container (10) and a clipping machine, a device (1) for the separation of the products already filled and the products to be filled, said products being melted and then resolidified, solid, in the form of a paste or dense products of different size, said products (3) being fed by a conduit (2) having an extremity and a longitudinal axis (8), the device being interposed between said metering machine or the machine which divides the product into portions on one hand and the clipping machine on the other hand, which closes the material already filled in, wherein said device has a substantially tubular structure, said device having at said extremity of said conduit (2) at least two cutting blades (4) and (5), said cutting blades being disposed in said conduit, said blades being reciprocally independent one from the other and being arranged close one to the other, said cutting blades being disposed diametrically on said conduit, one of said blades being capable of rotating around said longitudinal axis (8) of said conduit (2) by at least 180.degree., and wherein said conduit (2) is constituted by two coaxial tubular structures (6) and (7), said tubular structure (6) being disposed internally and being capable of rotating angularly around said axis (8), while tubular structure (7) is disposed externally and is fixed.