US Patent Issued to VEMAG MASCHINENBAU on Jan. 13 for "Portioning device with crimping member, and associated portioning method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,851, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VEMAG MASCHINENBAU GMBH (Verden, Germany).

"Portioning device with crimping member, and associated portioning method" was invented by Peter Knodel (Oyten, Germany) and Sven Kohler (Verden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portioning device is provided for forming portions from elongate casings stuffed with food mass, in particular for forming sausages from alginate casings stuffed with sausage meat. The portioning device includes two circulating conveyor members spaced apart from one another and drivable by at least one drive element, and at least one crimping member arranged on each co...