Patent ID: 7588485

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring a stick for suspending loops of sausages, comprising: stick supporting means for supporting the stick at a position located downwardly of suspending portions of hooks, each hook having a suspending portion for suspending the loop of the sausages; a first stick transferer which is raised from a lowermost position located downwardly of the stick supported by said stick supporting means to an upper position located upwardly of the hooks to raise the stick moved onto said first stick transferer from said stick supporting means, and the first stick transferer is subsequently lowered to the lowermost position; and a second stick transferer which is provided at a position upwardly distant from the hooks and which is raised to an uppermost position located upwardly of the upper position to raise the stick, which has been moved onto said second stick transferer from said first stick transferer, to the uppermost position, and the second stick transferer is subsequently lowered toward the upper position to lower the stick with the loops of the sausages suspended therefrom, wherein said second stick transferer includes an arm body having one portion provided with one of a holding portion and stick clamping means and another portion provided with a rotational center for reciprocally rotating the stick holding portion or the stick holding means in upward and downward directions.