Conveyor for coagulating the outer surface of a sausage strand discharged from a sausage extruding machine

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6024637
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08835708

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A conveyor for moving an extruded strand of sausage from an extruding machine for coagulating the outer surface of said strand of sausage has a frame, a continuous conveyor on the frame sloping downwardly from a point of beginning to a discharge station, and thence back to the point of beginning, a brine fluid circuit disposed on the frame above the conveyor with a plurality of discharge nozzles thereon to spray brine on a strand of sausage moving with the conveyor, the conveyor being comprised of a plurality of link elements pivotally secured together, each link element having a generally flat supporting surface, the supporting surface having a plurality of protruding support elements thereon with liquid channels therebetween so that the strand of sausage can have a lower surface supported by a plurality of laterally extending elements whereupon brine fluid in the channels can contact the lower surface of the strand of sausage above the channels.

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TOWNSEND ENGINEERING COMPANY2425 HUBBELL AVENUE DES MOINES IA 50317

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Scherch, Richard P Johnston, IA 10 132

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