Patent ID: 8715043

Claim:
A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products by filing a flowable filling material along a feeding direction into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and closing said packaging casing by at least one closure means on one of its front ends facing the feeding direction, wherein the clipping machine comprises a filling tube having a first end, a second end and a central axis, for feeding the filling material in the feeding direction into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube, the first end of the filing tube is directed in the feeding direction and the second end can pivotally be coupled to a filler device, and wherein the clipping machine comprises a casing brake assembly including brake means accommodated in a housing, for applying tension to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing when being filled, 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 clipping tool assembly for applying and closing at least one closure means to the plait-like portion, where the clipping machine further comprises a coverage device configured to at least partially cover a gap between the first end of the filling tube and the casing brake assembly.