US Patent Issued to VEMAG Maschinenbau on May 27 for "Separator with crimping member for separating portions from elongate casings stuffed with food mass, and associated methods" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,374, issued on May 27, was assigned to VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH (Verden, Germany).

"Separator with crimping member for separating portions from elongate casings stuffed with food mass, and associated methods" was invented by Peter Knodel (Oyten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator is provided for separating portions from elongate casings stuffed with food mass, in particular for separating sausages from alginate casings stuffed with sausage meat. The separator 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 e...