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Disclosed is a method and apparatus for intermittently dispensing a flowable foodstuff such as a sausage material into a container, e.g. a sausage casing, in portions of a predetermined size. A conveyor dispenses the foodstuff into the container and is deactivated when a quantity of the foodstuff ha

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for intermittently dispensing a flowable foodstuff such as a sausage material into a container, e.g. a sausage casing, in portions of a predetermined size. A conveyor dispenses the foodstuff into the container and is deactivated when a quantity of the foodstuff has been placed into the container which is slightly less than the desired portion. After deactivation a small terminal mass of the foodstuff continues to flow into the container and the terminal mass represents the remainder to bring the dispensed foodstuff up to the desired portion. During each operating cycle the terminal mass is measured and this measurement is used during the next operating cycle to determine when the conveyor should be deactivated so that the next terminal mass brings the just dispensed portion up to the desired level.

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In a method for intermittently dispensing a flowable foodstuff into containers in portions of a predetermined size including the steps of conveying the foodstuff with a conveyor into a container, braking the conveyor so as to deliver a portion of foodstuff into a container, replacing the container w

In a method for intermittently dispensing a flowable foodstuff into containers in portions of a predetermined size including the steps of conveying the foodstuff with a conveyor into a container, braking the conveyor so as to deliver a portion of foodstuff into a container, replacing the container with a fresh container, and conveying another portion into the fresh container, the improvement comprising the steps of measuring a terminal mass of the foodstuff flowing into the container during the step of braking, forming a difference value between the portion of predetermined size and the measured terminal mass, and thereafter initiating the braking step after a quantity of the foodstuff has been conveyed into the fresh container which equals the difference value so that the terminal mass continuing to flow into the fresh container after the initiating step supplies sufficient additional foodstuff to bring the portion in the fresh container to the predetermined size.