| US 7,500,909 B2 | ||
| Filling machine and method of feeding paste masses from a hopper into a conveying mechanism | ||
| Bernd Maile, Oggelshausen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/709,554. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 06004279 (EP), filed on Mar. 02, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0212994 A1, Sep. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A22C 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 452—41 | 12 Claims |
| 1. Filling machine for charging paste mass, in particular sausage meat, comprising:
a hopper,
a conveying mechanism arranged below the hopper, and
a feed device for feeding the paste mass from the hopper into the conveying mechanism,
the feed device having a feeder curve, and
a screw conveyor arranged within the feeder curve, wherein the feeder curve is rotationally supported in the lower end region
of the hopper and the screw conveyor is rotationally supported in one of the upper or lower end region of the hopper.
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