US 12,446,589 B2
Production system and coupling unit for producing sausage-shaped products
Alfredo Lorente Gallardo, Bad König (DE); and Silvio Beyer, Hattersheim am Main (DE)
Assigned to POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG, Hattersheim (DE)
Filed by POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & CO. KG, Hattersheim (DE)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,201.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354831 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A22C 11/00 (2006.01); A22C 11/02 (2006.01); A22C 11/12 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 11/02 (2013.01) [A22C 11/125 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A production system for producing sausage-shaped products, in particular sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, the production system comprising:
a filling unit for providing and conveying the filling material in filling direction into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, the filling unit comprising an outlet;
a clipping unit for closing the packaging casing filled with the filling material; and
a coupling unit extending along a filling axis for coupling the filling unit and the clipping unit, the coupling unit comprising:
an adapter piece configured to be assembled to the outlet of the filling unit; and
a connector piece configured to connect the clipping unit and the adapter piece;
a filling tube configured to be connected to the connector piece for feeding filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube,
wherein the coupling unit comprises at least one first tool for assembling the adapter piece to and disassembling the adapter piece from the outlet of the filling unit and for assembling the adapter piece to and disassembling the adapter piece from the connector piece, and
wherein the coupling unit comprises at least one first tool for assembling the adapter piece to and disassembling the adapter piece from the connector piece,
wherein the at least one first tool is captively held on the adapter piece and wherein the at least one first tool is arranged rotationally and/or translationally movable relative to the filling axis along the adapter piece.