Patent ID: 8740676
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A filling assembly for being mounted to a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, the filling assembly comprising: a filling tube with a filling tube axis for filling paste-like, granular and/or liquid material, in a filling process, in a feeding direction into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, wherein the packaging casing to be filled is arrangeable onto the filling tube and/or to encase the filling tube; a casing brake unit with a brake axis and a brake body for being detachably arranged on the filling tube in a braking position for providing a controlled resistance to the packaging casing against uncontrolled sliding-off the filling tube during the filling process, wherein the brake body is relatively fixable to the filling tube in the braking position and wherein the brake axis is coaxial with the filling tube axis when the brake body is arranged on the filling tube at least in the braking position; and a mounting unit for mounting the filling tube and the casing brake unit to the clipping machine; wherein the mounting unit comprises a bearing device for allowing a relative movement of the filling tube and the casing brake unit to the clipping machine, when the mounting unit is mounted with the filling tube and the casing brake unit to the clipping machine, wherein the relative movement is between operating positions which include at least a production position and an interchanging position, wherein, in the production position of the filling tube and the casing brake unit, the brake body is in braking position and the filling tube is arranged at the clipping machine for the filling process of the packaging casing, wherein, in at least one operating position of the filling tube and the casing brake unit, the brake body is movable along the filling tube axis to a releasing position, wherein, in the interchanging position of the filling tube and the casing brake unit, the brake body can obtain the releasing position and wherein, in the releasing position, the brake body is arranged off the filling tube.