Patent ID: 7975834

Claim:
A device for transferring sausage-shaped products that are carried out of a clipping machine and provided with loop-shaped suspension elements, to a product receiving element, the device comprising: a guide bar along which the suspension elements are guided in a direction of transport by conveyor elements; front and rear bearing assemblies for the guide bar, the bearing assemblies having a right-hand and a left-hand bearing unit in each case are disposed in pairs laterally from the guide bar; the front and the rear bearing assemblies form drivable positive guidance mechanisms for the suspension elements; the right-hand and left-hand bearing units of the front and rear bearing assemblies each have at least one support bearing element and two counter bearing elements; the support bearing element of one bearing unit is formed by a drivable support shaft, the axis of which extends substantially parallel to the direction of transport; the support bearing elements of the two right-hand and of the two left-hand bearing units of the front and rear bearing assemblies are each formed by a common support shaft.