Patent ID: 8251783

Claim:
An apparatus for a sausage-casing-sensitive division of stuffed sausage strands, comprising at least one pair of dividing elements for dividing the stuffed sausage strand and at least two guide elements between which the stuffed sausage strand is conveyed in a conveying direction, and the distance between the guide elements can be adjusted in dependence upon a sausage caliber, wherein the movement of the dividing elements is independent of the guide elements, and the guide elements and the dividing elements are arranged in a spatially overlapping manner, wherein the distance between the guide elements is adjustable such that it is larger than the sausage caliber and that the distance between a sausage strand arranged at a center of the guide elements and the guide elements lies in a range of from 0.5 to 5 mm, and wherein the at least two guide elements comprise at least two opposed guide strips which extend in the conveying direction and which are displaceable in the direction of a center of the guide elements, and at least two opposed circulating elements each comprising at least one dividing element, the guide strips being arranged such that the dividing elements are adapted to be moved in the conveying direction between said guide strips without contacting the same.