Patent ID: 6964605

Claim:
A method for manufacturing natural intestine sausages, comprising the steps of: fitting a natural intestine casing over a stuffing tube having a distal end in a state in which the natural intestine casing is divided into a shirred portion and a straight portion; discharging a material from the distal end of the stuffing tube into the natural intestine casing; blowing out air from an air outlet of an air blowing means to an intestine pushing member so as to move the intestine pushing member toward an intestine receiving member for receiving the shirred portion over the stuffing tube so that the shirred portion advances toward the intestine receiving member, wherein the intestine pushing member is disposed between the air blowing means and the intestine receiving member and includes a hollow member having an intestine pushing surface for pushing the shirred portion, an air receiving surface disposed on an opposite side of the distal end of the stuffing tube with respect to the intestine pushing surface and receiving the air blown from the air outlet, and a hole portion formed between the intestine receiving surface and the air receiving surface to engage the stuffing tube; pinching the shirred portion by and between the intestine pushing surface of the intestine pushing member and the intestine receiving surface of the intestine receiving member, and moving the intestine pushing member up to a position where the intestine pushing surface of the intestine pushing member faces the intestine receiving surface of the intestine receiving member at a predetermined interval; detecting the intestine pushing member when it faces the intestine receiving member; transporting, while constricting, the natural intestine casing stuffed with the material, by transporting means having a pair of wrapping connectors with constricting members fixed thereto at predetermined intervals; pulling and moving the natural intestine casing over the stuffing tube by the transporting for a predetermined time after the detection, wherein the distal end of the stuffing tube projects from the intestine receiving member up to a position exceeding a common tangential line of a pair of locus circle depicted by the pair of constricting members; and stopping the discharging of the material into the natural intestine casing after the lapse of a predetermined time.