Patent ID: 7455578

Claim:
Casing brake for holding a casing ( 8 ) at a free end ( 7 a ) of a stuffing pipe ( 7 ), via which the casing ( 8 ) is stuffed with a pasty material, comprising: a brake ring ( 1 ) to be arranged around the stuffing pipe ( 7 a ) and being strainable such that the brake ring presses the casing ( 8 ) onto the stuffing pipe ( 7 ), a straining means ( 2 , 3 , 14 ) for straining the brake ring ( 1 ), and an adjusting device ( 5 , 12 , 16 ) to strain the brake ring during production of stuffed casings, the adjusting device exerting a variable force on the straining means ( 2 , 3 , 14 ) and maintaining the variable force such that the straining of the brake ring ( 1 ), and thus a brake power, is adjustable during the production of stuffed casings, the straining means ( 2 , 3 , 14 ) including a first ( 3 ) and a second ( 2 ) shell between which the brake ring ( 1 ) is disposed, wherein at least the first shell ( 3 ) can be displaced freely toward the other shell ( 2 ) in an axial direction, wherein the adjusting device ( 5 , 12 ) displaces at least the first shell ( 3 ) so as to change the axial straining of the brake ring ( 1 ).