Patent ID: 7140958

Claim:
An apparatus for dividing a sausage strand comprising: at least two opposite spaced-apart guide elements ( 1 a, b ) having a distance (b) which can be adapted to a sausage caliber such that the filled sausage strand ( 4 ) can be moved between and through the guide elements ( 1 a, b ) in a transportation direction along a first axis (Z axis) and rotated by the guide elements ( 1 a, b ) about said first axis (Z axis), and a means ( 2 , 3 ) for jointly rotating the guide elements ( 1 a, b ) about the first axis (Z axis), wherein at least one guide element ( 1 a, b ) is rotatably supported about a second axis (X 1 , X 2 axis) perpendicular to the first axis (Z axis).