Improvements in and relating to Sausage-stuffers for Filling Sausage-skins by Meat Chopping Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 26th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 15th June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Sausage-stuffers for Filling
Sausage-skins by Meat Chopping Machines.
I, WILHELM VON DER NAHMER, of Remscheid, in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention refers to machines for filling sausage-skins by drawing the latter
upon a nozzle, and by pressing through said nozzle the minced and seasoned force-
meat or other stuff intended to be introduced into said skins. The nozzle is
usually firmly connected, or made in one piece, with a hopper serving to introduce
the chopped meat into said nozzle, and to connect the latter with the stuffing-cylinder
of the machine.
The skins being of very different width, it is necessary to use a number of
uozzles corresponding to said different widths, and to exchange a nozzle for
another one, if another width of sausage-skin is to be filled.
Up to now,
the hoppers, too, had to be removed, as they were firmly connected,
or made in one piece, with the nozzles. My improvements in the parts described
above relate to making the nozzle and hopper bipartite in such a manner, that
both parts may be separated froin each other, and one and the same hopper may
be combined with nozzles of different width. There need be used, therefore, only
one hopper for one machine, whilst up to now there had to be used as many hoppers
as there were nozzles requisite.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, a designates the nozzle, and the
hopper. The latter is at its reduced end provided with a bearing- and guide-
ring, which, in the mode of execution shown in Figs. 1 & 2, is screw-threaded,
so as to be able to receive directly the likewise screw-threaded end-portion a¹ of
the respective nozzle. Instead of connecting both parts by screwing, I prefer to
employ the modified mode of connection shown in Figs. 3-6, in which two longish
hooks ce attached to the hopper are co-operating with two wedges & d' attached
to the nozzles. The arrangement as well as the configuration of said parts cc¹
d' is to be seen best from Figs. 4 & 6. The wedges extend nearly around the
whole cylinder a leaving between them spaces e to give room for the hooks c c'.
After the nozzle has been put upon ring in proper initial position, it is turned
so that the wedges are catching into the hooks. The turning is finally checked by
the projections d².
It is to be seen from the smaller nozzles shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 & 5,
that the size, or diameter respectively, of the connecting-portion of the nozzles is
not varied, or is, with other words, independent of the diameter of the nozzle
proper.
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WILHELM VON DER NAHMER,
By Geo. H. Rayner,
37, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Sausage-stuffers for Filling
Sausage-skins by Meat Chopping Machines.
1, WILHELM VON DER NARMER, of Remscheid, in the Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention refers to machines for filling sausage-skins by drawing the latter
upon a nozzle, and by pressing through said nozzle the minced and seasoned force-
meat or other stuff intended to be introduced into said skius. The nozzle is
usually firmly connected, or made in one piece, with a hopper serving to introduce
the chopped meat into said nozzle, and to connect the latter with the stuffing-
cylinder of the machine.
The skins being of very different width, it is necessary to use a number of
nozzles corresponding to said different widths, and to exchange a nozzle for
another one, if sausage-skins of another width are to be filled.
Up to now, the hoppers, too, had to be removed, as they were firmly connected,
or made in one piece, with the nozzles. My improvements in the parts described
above relate to making the nozzle and hopper bipartite, in such a manner, that
both parts may be separated from each other, and one and the same hopper may
be combined with nozzles of different width. There need be used, therefore, only
one hopper for one machine, whilst up to now there had to be used as many hoppers
as there were nozzles requisite.
Referring to the drawing sent in with Provisional Application, a designates the
nozzle, and the hopper. The latter is at its reduced end provided with a
bearing and guide-ring, which, in the mode of execution shown in Figs. 1 & 2,
is screw-threaded, so as to be able to receive directly the likewise screw-threaded
end-portion of the respective nozzle. Instead of connecting both parts by
screwing, I prefer to employ the modified mode of connection shown in Figs. 3-6,
in which two longish hooks attached to the hopper co-operate with two
wedges dd attached to the nozzles. The arrangement as well as the configuration
of said parts c c d d is to be seen best from Figs. 4 & 6. The wedges extend
nearly around the whole cylinder a leaving between them spaces e to give room
for the hooks c c. After the nozzle has been put upon ring 6' in proper initial
position, it is turned so that the wedges catch into the hooks. The turning is
finally checked by the projections d³.
It is to be seen from the smaller nozzles shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 & 5,
that the size, or diameter respectively, of the connecting-portion of the nozzles is
not varied, or is, with other words, independent of the diameter of the nozzle
proper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
laim is : :-
1. In a sausage-stuffer, the combination with the hopper, of a detachable or
exchangeable nozzle, and means for connecting said two parts with each other, for
the purpose as described.
2. In a sausage-stuffer, the combination with the hopper, of a detachable or
exchangeable nozzle, and means for screwing one of said parts upon or into the
other, substantially as described.

page_text: 3. In a sausage-stuffer, the combination with the hopper, of a detachable or
exchangeable nozzle, one of said parts having wedges adapted to take under hooks
secured to the other parts, substantially as described.
Dated this 26th day of April 1895.
WILHELM VON DER NAHMER,
By Geo. H. Rayner,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.