Patent ID: 7871315

Claim:
Device for gathering sausage casings ( 1 ) filled with filling material, having at least one gathering element ( 2 a , 2 b ) which can be fed from an initial position to an end position in a longitudinal direction of a casing axis, and a mechanical drive ( 4 a , 4 b ) for this gathering element ( 2 a , 2 b ), which is assigned a control unit ( 6 ) for the movement sequence of the gathering element ( 2 a , 2 b ), characterized in that the control unit ( 6 ) is designed in such a way that, automatically, the gathering element ( 2 a , 2 b ) can be stopped during the feed movement in a forward reversal position between initial and end position with the gathering element ( 2 a , 2 b ) retracted away from the filled casing, moved back in the direction of the initial position, stopped again in a rear reversal position and set moving in the direction of the end position again.