Appeal No. 2005-2752
Application No. 10/443,245
the chute wall terminating in an inclined flange that
extends upwardly and inwardly below the passageway to
form a cradle portion to receive only a single hollow
casing,
the passageway being only of sufficient width to receive a
plurality of vertically stacked elongated hollow
casings,
the flange terminating in an inward elongated edge spaced
from a lower end of the fence wall to permit only the
single casing in the cradle to be moved relative to the
hopper laterally outwardly from the flange beneath the
fence wall, when it is on the stuffing tube and the
hopper moves away from the stuffing tube position,
wherein the chute wall and the fence wall can be adjusted
for different sized casings; and
wherein the chute wall and the fence wall can be adjusted by
a single control for different casings.
9. A casing hopper for sausage encasing machines for use
with casings and a stuffing tube, comprising:
an adjustable hopper adapted to change size to accommodate
casings of various sizes and dispense a bottom casing
from an outlet of the hopper; and
a single control operatively associated with the hopper, the
single control adapted to:
adjust the size of the hopper to accommodate casings of
various sizes,
adjust the size of the hopper outlet to accommodate
casings of various sizes, and
simultaneously maintaining alignment of a center axis
of the casing with a center axis of the stuffing
tube while the size of the hopper and hopper
outlet are adjusted to accommodate casings of
various sizes.
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