A New or Improved Machine for Stuffing, Dividing, and Tying Sausages.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1899- Accepted, 6th May, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
A New or Improved Machine for Stuffing, Dividing, and Tying
Sausages.
We, WILHELM PAULITSCHKE, Railway Official, and FRANZ BARILITSCH,
Manufacturer, both of Moedling, near Vienna, in the Empire of Austria, 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 follow-
ing statement ;-
The new
This invention relates to a new or improved machine, the object of which is
to effect mechanically all the manipulations required in the manufacture of all
kinds of sausages, in order to save time and expense in the form of wages &c.,
and furthermore to produce sausages of exactly uniform predetermined weight,
an aim which with manual labour. could hitherto but inadequately be attained,
because with handwork only the judgment of the eye could be relied upon so that
mistakes as to length and weight of the separate sausages were unavoidable.
or improved machine automatically effects the stuffing of the
material into the skin or gut, the dividing of the stuffed skin
into equal lengths of uniform weight, and finally the throttling and
tying of the stuffed skins at the points of division; the twine or other material
used for tying is continued from one pint of division to the next following
without being cut, so that all the separate lengths of sausage remain connected
with each other and undoing of the ties and tearing of the string of sausages
during boiling or smoking is obviated as far as possible if ordinary care is
used in their manipulation.
The drawings hereto attached illustrate one form of construction of a machine
for manufacturing sausages designed in accordance with the present invention.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the machine,
Fig. 2 a vertical section,
Fig. 3 a top view with partial horizontal section, and
Fig. 4 a rear view, seen in the direction of the arrow shown to the right
of Fig. 1.
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 illustrate the mechanism for dividing the stuffed skin into
lengths and tying the same.
The machine as illustrated has a preferably horizontally disposed tube or
cylinder a which communicates with the feed hopper d, intended to receive and
supply the sausage material, through aperture c. the material passing continually
under the pressure of a suitably arranged weight, through the said aperture c
into tube a.
A piston b, displaceable in tube a, the stroke of which can be regulated in
order to determine the length of the separate sausages, is provided for the purpose
of moving forward at each stroke the material contained in tube a towards
the other end of said tube and into a skin or gut, which is preferably pushed
over a slightly conical tube e attached at f to the extremity of tube a by means
of a screw joint or in other convenient manner.

page_text: In front of the mouth or nozzle of the conical tube e there are placed two
forks or clamps g g moveable towards and from each other, which as soon as the
stuffed skin has been pushed forward a given distance, are automatically
approached to each other so as to throttle the stuffed skin, dividing it into given
lengths and firmly holding it while the tying process is being carried out.
The tying of each separate length of sausage is effected by means of suitable
material, such as twine, thread or wire, said material being wound around the
throttled part of the stuffed skin. For this purpose the tying material is pre-
ferably wound on bobbins or reels which are suitably secured to an inter-
mittently revoluble ring ; the said ring i is made to concentrically surround the
stuffed skin. The twine or other tying material is not cut after the tie has been
made but is led over tlie separate sausages from one tie to the next following,
so that undoing of the ties and tearing of the string of sausages cannot easily
occur..
The operation of the stuffing piston b, of forks 9 g, and of tying device i can
be effected in various manners. In the construction illustrated in the accom-
panying drawings, which we consider the simplest and most effective, the
motive power proceeds from a common flywheel shaft k which transmits its
motion to piston 6 by means of crank disc or arm and connecting rod m, while
the flywheel n directly effects the working of forks g g and of bobbin-holding
ring i
.
For the purpose of admitting of changing the length of stroke of piston b
according to the size and weight of the sausages to be produced, the connecting
is secured to the crank disc or arm by means of an adjustable pivot
pin 0,
while the other extremity of said connecting rod is clamped to a stud
provided at the side of the stuffing piston b.
rod m
The mechanism for operating the throttling forks g g is most efficaciously
constructed in the manner illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7.
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Bars or rods carrying the said throttling forks gg, i.e. the levers z z
supporting the latter, are placed at both sides of the felloe or rim of flywheel
and are continuously held pressed against said sides by the action of spring 1.
(Figs. 3 and 6).
One half of the periphery (r) of the rim of wheel n is made wider than the
other half, the transitions from wide to narrow being made wedge-shaped as
shown in Figs. 3 and 4, so that, upon the wider portion of the wheel rim entering
between bars pp, the latter are pushed further apart; the throttling forks g
are thereby approached to each other and the stuffed skin, changing from the
position shown in Fig. 5 to that illustrated in Fig. 7, thus gripping and com-
pressing the stuffed skin and dividing it into equal lengths. (Fig. 7) This
operation takes place simultaneously with that half of a revolution of the fly-
wheel during which the piston 6 makes its return stroke, i.c. resumes its
rearmost position previous to the next forward stroke. At the same time the
tying device hi is put into operation. For this purpose the circumference of
ring is provided with cogs or teeth or with a suitable friction surface into or
with which engages a transmission gearing t rotated by flywheel n. The wider
portion of the circumference of the latter, which also actuates forks g g in the
manner described, is furnished on its outward surface with cogs or a suitable
friction surface into or with which the said transmission gearing engages
during the respective half of a revolution of wheel while piston b is making its
return stroke. The bobbin-holding ring i is therefore rotated by gearing t
whereby the twine or other tying material is wound off bobbin and around the
throttled or compressed part of the stuffed skin, the requisite predetermined
length of sausage being thereby divided from the remainder.
In order to efficiently prevent the sausage stuffing material from being pushed
back into hopper d by the forward stroke of piston b, (an.occurrence which may
partially be obviated by placing a suitable weight upon the material in hopper')
a contrivance has been devised for closing the communicating aperture c between

page_text: tube a and hopper d during the forward stroke of stuffing piston b, by which
the possibility of the stuffing material returning into hopper d is entirely
obviated.
The said contrivance essentially consists of a thin-walled tube or cylinder s
suitably inserted between the stuffing piston b and the inner surface of tube a.
This tube or cylinder s, preferably sharpened at its forward extremity, is move-
ably connected with crank disc or arm by rod u. It may, if required, be
replaced by a flat or otherwise suitably shaped slide plate.
The crank pin is connected by arm w with pin o of piston pushing rod m
in such manner that cylinders is caused to preceed piston b, and that, upon
adjustment of pivot pin o for the purpose of changing the length of the stroke
of the piston, the other pin is displaced simultaneously, so that the preceeding
of cylinder s relative to piston 6 is assured in all cases.
The cylinders is provided with a longitudinal slot a (Fig. 3) adapted to receive
army of piston b, the movement of piston b being thereby rendered independent
of that of cylinder s. It may appear advisable to arrange crank pin v for
holding connecting rod u of cylinder s, at greater distance from the centre of
shaft than pivot pin of connecting rod m of stuffing piston 6 in order to
admit of giving a longer stroke to cylinder s independent of its normal preceeding
the movement of piston b.
our said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. A new or improved machine for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages,
in which the stuffing is effected by means of a piston moveable within a tubular
body a, and, upon the sausage material having been pressed into the skin by
an adjustable stroke of the piston and moved forward a certain predetermined
distance, throttling forks gg are moved and forced against the stuffed skin
so as to divide it into given lengths and firmly hold the throttled parts while
they are being bound by twine or the like, the latter being conducted without
being cut, from one tie to the next following, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. A new or improved machine for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages
as claimed under 1, in which the piston b provided for stuffing the sausage
material into the skin, is actuated by crank disc or arm through the inter-
mediary of connecting rod m, the pivot pin o being displaceable in a slot radiating
from the driving shaft k, for the purpose of pressing variable quantities of
material into the skin according to the adjustment of the length of stroke of
stuffing piston b, thereby producing separate sausages of greater or lesser weight,
said separate sausages being uniform as to weight as long as the pre-arranged
length of stroke of the stuffing piston is left unaltered, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
and
3. In new machine for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages as
claimed under 1, the arrangement of bars PP carrying levers
throttling forks 99, being placed at both sides of felloe or rim of flywheel n,
the said felloe being for half the circumference of the wheel, of greater width,
the wider portion (r) of the felloe displacing, during one half revolution of the
wheel, the bars and therewith forks gg in such manner that the latter are
moved towards the stuffed skin and press into the latter, dividing it into equal
lengths of uniform weight, substantially as set forth and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
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4. In a machine for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages
claimed under 1, the disposition of bobbins or reels for holding twine or
other tying material, upon ring i concentrically surrounding the stuffed skin in
front of the mouth or nozzle of tube c, said ring being rotated by transmission
gearing which is operated by the widened portion of the circumference of

page_text: Hywheel n, whereby the twine or the like is firmly wound around the throttled
or compressed portion of the stuffed skin, substantially as set forth and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.
5. In machines for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages as claimed under 1,
a contrivance for preventing the stuffing material from receeding from tube a
and re-entering supply hopper d upon the forward stroke of piston b, in which
the said piston is surrounded by a thin cylinder s fitting into tube a, or a flat or
otherwise suitably shaped slide, as the case may be, is arranged and provided,
which cylinder or slide is made to perform a forward movement previous to the
stroke of the piston and preceeding the latter, for the purpose of closing
aperture e during the forward stroke of the piston, substantially as set forth and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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6. In machines for stuffing, dividing, and tying sausages as claimed under 1,
the contrivance for admitting of adjustment of the length of stroke of cylinder s
as claimed under 5 simultaneously with that of piston b, consisting of pivot pin
of piston-connecting-rod m being connected by arm with pivot pin of
cylinder-connecting-rod u, so that upon displacement of pin o the pivot pin is
displaced simultaneously, the pin being preferably placed at greater distance
from the centre of shaft than pin o, for the purpose of obtaining a longer
stroke of cylinders independent of the normal preceeding movement of the
latter relative to that of stuffing piston b, substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
CAMBIE & WINCKELSETT,
Warwick Buildings, 40, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
For the Applicants.