Method for the mechanical tying of sausages and the like

Claim 1

PROCESS FOR THE MECHANICAL TYING OF SAUSAGES OR THE LIKE, CHARACTERISED IN THAT, AFTER INITIALLY FORMING, WITH THE CORRESPONDING TYING SECTION SUPPLIED BY THE FEED MEANS, A LOOP WHICH DOUBLES THE SAID TYING SECTION ON ITSELF, WITH SUPERPOSITION CROSS-WISE OF THE ENDS OF ITS PARALLEL STRANDS, THE PORTION OF THE SAUSAGE TO BE CONSTRICTED IS SURROUNDED BY THE SAID LOOP AND THE TWO ENDS THEREOF ARE CAUSED TO APPROACH EACH OTHER, IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE DOUBLED END, PASSING THROUGH THE OUTER VERTEX OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE STRANDS, SURROUNDS THE CENTRE OF THE LATTER AND THEN PASSES THROUGH THE CENTRE OF THE INNER VERTEX AND THROUGH THE LATERAL STRANDS OF THE LOOP, SO THAT WHEN THE SAID DOUBLED END OF THE LOOP IS DRAWN IN THE DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE KNOT BEING FORMED, THE LATTER IS TIGHTENED, GRADUALLY AND GENTLY CONSTRICTING THE PORTION OF THE SAUSAGE SURROUNDED, THE KNOT ALSO REMAINING SECURED WHEN THE ENDS OF THE TYING MEANS ARE CUT.