Patent ID: 8657654

Claim:
A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filling a flowable filling material into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and closing said packaging casing by a closure clip, the clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding the filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and closed at its first end, a gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto, and a clipping device having a first and a second closing tool reversibly movable between an opened position and a closed position, for applying the at least one closure clip to the plait-like portion and closing said closure clip when the closing tools are in their closed position, wherein the clipping device includes a drive means for driving the first closing tool, where said drive means comprises a crank shaft having a crank pin, and a plunger having a central axis, for holding and linearly moving the first closing tool between its opened and closed position along the central axis, wherein a guide track is mounted to the plunger, and wherein a slide block pivotally attached to the crank pin is in slidable engagement with said guide track for moving said plunger along the central axis.