US 10,245,745 B2 · Slicing machine and method for slicing elastic strands in particular meat strands

Abstract

A slicing machine for slicing meat strands that have a cross section that varies over a longitudinal extension in large numbers and as quickly as possible into weight precise slices. In one embodiment, two meat strands are received adjacent to each other in a respective form tube and pushed against a respective separately adjustable stop plate independently from each other by a controlled longitudinal press plunger and compressed in the longitudinal direction. In addition, a cross section of the form tubes may be reduced in a first transversal direction jointly and in a second transversal direction independently from each other and thus the respective meat strand is transversally compressed to a constant cross section prior to slicing.

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Dependent claims

A cutting machine for producing slices in a weight precise manner from meat strands, wherein the cutting machine comprises:

at least one form tube that is open at a front end and at a back end, the at least one form tube extending in a longitudinal pressing direction, said longitudinal pressing direction corresponding to an axial direction of a meat strand;
a longitudinal press plunger for said at least one form tube, wherein the press plunger is insertable into the at least one form tube from the back end;
a blade for cutting off one or more slices from the meat strand, the blade disposed proximate the front end of the at least one form tube;
wherein the at least one form tube is made from a plurality of form tube elements in a circumferential direction which are movable relative to each other in both transversal directions relative to the longitudinal pressing direction and the at least one form tube has a first cross section that is adjustable in both transversal directions relative to the longitudinal pressing direction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Slicing machine and method for slicing elastic strands in particular meat strands

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Slicing machine and method for slicing elastic strands in particular meat strands

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