Patent ID: 8708783

Claim:
An apparatus for hanging sausage on a rod by suspending a chain of sausages, including individual sausages linked by a joining portion, so as to form loops on a plurality of hook units that move along an endless path, and by transferring the suspended chain of sausages from the hook units to a rod inserted into the loops, the hook units being transferred individually or as a group, the hook units each comprising: a unit body that moves along the path; a rod portion that is rotatably supported to the unit body and has attached thereto a hook portion at one end for hanging the joining portion of the chain of sausages, and a support portion that supports the chain of sausages suspended on the hook portion while keeping an angle of the chain of sausages; and a rod receiving portion that is attached to the unit body so as to be positioned lower than the hook portion, and has formed thereon a recessed portion in which the rod is to be placed, and the chain of sausages being hung on the rod by rotating the rod portions of a group of hook units having a chain of sausages of a length for hanging on one rod suspended on the hook portions, and having the rod held in the rod receiving portions, so as to cause the chain of sausages suspended on the hook portions to fall onto the rod.