Method for closing the end of folded tubular casings

• Main Authors: AZCARATE GALLUES CARLOS, OLLETA REMON AGUSTIN, ALUSTIZA CUMBA JESUS, AYECHU REDIN JESUS, JIMENEZ FERNANDEZ JAVIER, MARTINEZ GARCIA ESTEBAN, LONGO ARESO CARLOS, PUENTE LOPATEGUI ROBERTO, GIL RUIZ ANTONIO MANUEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 30.04.2014
• Subjects: BUTCHERING; CONVEYING; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS; MEAT TREATMENT; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; STORING; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING; UNPACKING

The invention relates to a method for closing the end of shirred tubular casings which comprises deshirring a terminal portion of the tubular casing in the direction of the axis of the stick, turning over the deshirred terminal portion in order to insert same inside the casing, securing the deshirred terminal portion from inside the casing, rotating the terminal portion and flattening the rotated terminal portion. This method is performed at the outlet of the shirring line (ON-LINE) as an additional phase of said operation, or it is performed away from the deshirring line (OFF-LINE) as an operation independent from the deshirring.