The present invention relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, and a guide unit for use in a clipping machine. The clipping machine comprises a filling tube for feeding filling material into the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing stored on the filling tube and being closed at the front end by a closure means, like a closure clip, a casing brake assembly arranged on the filling tube, for applying a braking force to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing while being pulled-off from the filling tube, gathering means for gathering the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto and a clipping device for placing and closing at least one closure means on the plait-like portion and a guide unit for guiding the closure means towards the clipping device. The guide unit comprises at least one sensing device having a first sensor element determining the presence or absence of a closure means in the guide unit.

A method for tying sausages in a rope of sausage using a tying twine supplied from a reel of twine (9) that rotates about the rope of sausage and to which a counterweight (7) is assigned, wherein the counterweight (7) and the reel of twine (9) are adapted to one another when unreeling the tying twine.

A method for tying sausages in a rope of sausage using a tying twine supplied from a reel of twine (9) that rotates about the rope of sausage and to which a counterweight (7) is assigned, wherein the counterweight (7) and the reel of twine (9) are adapted to one another when unreeling the tying twine.

In a device and a method for separating at least one sausage (3.1-3.4) from another sausage (3.2-3.4), from a strand of sausage (2) in the region of a setting region (4) formed between the sausage (3.1-3) with two setting points (7.1, 7.2).4) and the sausage strand (2), wherein the setting region (4) is at least partially wrapped by a cord (6) and this is continued from one sausage to the other for setting, at least one setting region (4) and the cord in this setting region should be assigned an automatically operating cutting device (11, 11.1) for simultaneously cutting the cord and setting region.

A closure module and a method for closing and/or separating filled sausage casings connected via a sausage neck, comprising two stamps movable relative to and towards each other and arranged such that a sausage neck can be placed therebetween, the stamps being capable of clamping the sausage neck in a closed condition, and further comprising a first and a second electrode, through which, in a closed condition of the stamps, a current can flow from the first electrode into the sausage neck and via the sausage neck into the second electrode.

A clip suitable for the constriction of sausage casings, the clip having a general U-shaped configuration with two facing legs that are bent with respect to a base of the clip. The base of the clip is divided so as to determine in the same two or more joining bridges between the legs. These joining bridges are spaced apart and the ends thereof converge at the aforementioned legs. Between the bridges one or several creases or folds of the casing can be at least partially housed when the clip tightly clasps the casing.

The present invention relates to a system and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing and a suspension element, like a suspension loop. The system includes a clipping machine for producing the sausage-shaped products, a discharge device for discharging the sausage-shaped products out of the clipping machine and a feeding device for feeding a rod-like element into a loading position in which the sausage-shaped products are stored on the rod-like element by the discharge device.

The present invention relates to a method and device for dispensing thread. The thread dispensing device comprises a transport unit having at least a first and a second transport element for a defined transport of the thread, a drive unit for driving the first and second transport element and a shifting unit for reversibly shifting the first transport element relative to the second transport element. The present invention further relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, wherein the clipping machine comprises the inventive device for dispensing thread.

The present invention relates to a reel for storing and dispensing a winding material wound on the reel. The reel comprises a hub and side walls each disposed at the axial end faces of the hub and protruding past the outer circumferential surface of the hub in an approximately radial direction, the storage space defined by the surfaces of the side walls facing toward each other and the outer circumferential surface of the hub and surrounding the hub serving for receiving the winding material. The hub is at least double-walled in design, having a first hub wall and having a second hub wall spaced radially apart from the first hub wall. Moreover, the reel is formed of two reel halves identical in design.

The present invention relates to a clipping tool assembly for closing at least one closure means, like a closure clip, in a packaging machine, like a clipping machine, for closing tubular or bag-shaped packaging casings. The clipping tool assembly comprises a first closing tool and a second closing tool, wherein at least the first closing tool is reversibly movable towards the second closing tool, between an opened position and a closed position, for closing the at least one closure means, and a drive means for reversibly moving at least the first closing tool towards the second closing tool in a closing direction. The clipping tool further comprises a pusher means provided in the region of the second closing tool for pushing the closure means just closed out of the second closing tool.