Device for binding roasts, sausages and the like by means of elastic rings

Abstract: Device (1) for binding roasts, sausages and the like, comprising a vertical rod (3) having a clamp (7) and a threaded rod (9) with a control knob (11) for fixing the vertical rod (3) to the table, wherein: a concave element (15), suitable for containing the "roasts" to be bound by the elastic rings (17), is fixed on the top of the vertical rod (3); below being provided a parallel rod iron (19) having an invitation bending (21); below said element (15) and relative rod iron (19) being provided a device (23) carrying the elastic rings (17), i.e. three rod irons (25, 27, 29) forming together a bracket, arranged two in the upper part and one in the lower, between said rod irons (25, 27) being provided a fourth rod iron (31), as an independent spring, for maintaining tidy said elastic rings (27).

Description: The present invention refers to a device for binding roasts, sausages and the like by means of elastic rings. It is well known that at present small butchers, or artisans working in this field, in order to prepare small quantities of chicken, rabbit and/or pork roasts, roll up said meat on a roundish shape and bind it with hemp string or elastic rings, so that, during cooking, said pieces of meat don't loose their original shape and their compactness, and can be presented to the cut in the best conditions. The same is valid for salted meats and/or sausages of various kind, in which the consumer or the manufacturer wants to use said binding, weather for aesthetic reasons or for a better cooking. Until now said binding operation with string and/or rings was performed manually, keeping the meat roll and/or salted meat with one hand and applying the string and/or elastic ring with the other hand, according to preferences or necessities. It is also known in the art to wrap meat products with elastic nets. Document DE 42 01 863 discloses an apparatus used to wrap meat products with an elastic material, especially a net. This apparatus is equipped with a fixed concave support for the meat product to be wrapped and a movable spreader for holding the net open while the meat is pushed into said net. Object of the present invention it is to overcome said drawbacks providing a device that makes easier said operations of applying elastic rings to meat rolls and/or salted meat rolls and contemporaneously facilitates their removal after binding. The essential characteristics of the present invention will become more evident from the following claims. The device will be now described in detail with particular reference to the attached drawings, provided as a non-limitative example, wherein: Figure 1 is a lateral elevation view of the device according to the invention, with a "roast" which is going to be removed, after binding; Figure 2 is a lateral elevation view, similar to Figure 1, of the device according to the invention, with a smaller "roast"; and Figure 3 is a lateral elevation view of the device according to the invention, without any "roast" or meat roll. As it is evident from the drawings, the present device, pointed out by 1, comprises a vertical rod 3, having a rectangular base 5, in which base slides a clamp 7 dragged by a threaded rod 9 having a knob 11 on its head, integral to the threaded rod for pressing the clamp 7 on the working table 13. A concave element 15 is fixed to the vertical rod 3, on its top and perpendicular to it, made of stainless steel, which is suitable for containing the "roasts", the smaller ones as well as larger ones, to be bound by the elastic rings 17, as will be described later. Below said concave element 15 an iron rod 19 is provided, running parallel to it, having an upward bending 21 in its fore part, towards outside. Below said concave element 15 and relative rod iron 19, it is provided a device 23 carrying the elastic rings 17, made of three stainless steel rod irons 25, 27, 29, forming together a bracket and arranged two in the upper part and one in the lower, parallel one to the other and perpendicular to the vertical rod 3. Between the rod irons 25 and 27 it is provided a fourth rod iron 31, as an independent spring, so shaped as to maintain tidy the elastic rings 27 used during the operation. The term "roasts" comprises, here, every kind of meat or sausage, small or large, that is to be bound with the elastic rings 17. In figure 1 it is shown a large "roast" 33, in figure 2 a small "roast" 35; both have been bound by means of the elastic rings 17 and both are going to be removed from the concave element 15. A description of the binding operation is necessary in order to understand the aim of the present invention. Once it has been applied to the table 13, the device 1 is fixed and presents to the user both the concave part 15 and the part 23 carrying the elastic rings 17. The roast 33 or 35 is placed on the concave part 15 and the user can pull out said elastic rings 17 easily and rapidly from the lower part 23 carrying the rings and apply them to the roast 33 or 35 as desired. It is to be noted that the application is made very easy by the presence, below the concave element 15, of the element 19. When the binding of the roast 33 or 35 has been performed with the desired number of elastic rings 17, said "roast" 33 or 35 is extracted from the concave part 15; the elastic rings 17 are bent on the right side because they are kept down by the ring tightener element 19, but, when they are extracted from the top 21 of the element 19, said elastic rings 17 regain their original position, substantially perpendicular to the roast axis.

Claims: Device (1) for binding roasts, sausages and the like, by means of elastic rings, said device comprising: a vertical rod (3) having a rectangular base (5), in which base slides a clamp (7) dragged by a threaded rod (9) having a control knob (11), integral to the threaded rod (9), for pressing the clamp (7) on a working table (13), a concave element (15), fixed to the vertical rod (3), on its top and perpendicular to it, which is suitable for containing the roasts, sausages and the like to be bound by the elastic rings (17), characterized in that below said concave element (15) an iron rod (19) is provided running parallel to said concave element (15), having an upward bending (21) in its fore part, towards outside, defining a means (21) for facilitating the application of the elastic rings which are pulled from a magazine (23) carrying the elastic rings (17) provided below said iron rod (19). Device according to claim 1, characterized in that said magazine (23) carrying the elastic rings comprises three rod irons (25, 27, 29) forming together a bracket and arranged two in the upper part and one in the lower, parallel one to the other and perpendicular to the vertical rod (3); between said rod irons (25, 27) being provided a fourth rod iron (31), as an independent spring, so shaped as to maintain tidy the elastic rings (27) used during the binding operation. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said concave element and said magazine for carrying the elastic rings are made of stainless steel.

Inventors: MIGNONE GIUSEPPE, MIGNONE, GIUSEPPE
Applicants: FRA PRODUCTION S P A, FRA PRODUCTION S.P.A.
Application year: 1999
Main classification: A22C11
IPC codes: A22C11