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US 10,661,466 B2Granted
Slicing device
AssigneeTextor Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorsJosef Mayer, Jorg Schmeiser
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Abstract
A slicer having at least one cutting blade, in particular a scythe-like blade, rotating about an axis of rotation and having an imbalance. Also included is a rotary drive for the cutting blade. Further included is a counterweight having at least one balance mass for compensating the imbalance of the cutting blade.
Claims14
An apparatus for the slicing of food products comprising:
- at least one cutting blade rotating about a single axis of rotation and having an imbalance with respect to its rotational movement about the single axis of rotation;
- a rotary drive for the at least one cutting blade;
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- a single counterweight that is the only counterweight of the apparatus and consists of a plurality of balance masses rotationally fixed to a rotor shaft and axially spaced apart from one another, each of the balance masses defining a circumferential and radial weight distribution that is static with respect to the rotor shaft, the plurality of balance masses being configured and arranged for compensating the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade with respect to its rotational movement;
- wherein the plurality of balance masses includes a first balance mass and a second balance mass that are arranged only at one side of the at least one cutting blade, and
- wherein an axial spacing between the second balance mass and the at least one cutting blade is at least double an axial spacing between the first balance mass and the at least one cutting blade.
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An apparatus for the slicing of food products comprising:
- at least one cutting blade rotating about a single axis of rotation and having an imbalance with respect to its rotational movement about the single axis of rotation;
- a rotary drive for the at least one cutting blade;
- and
- a single counterweight that is the only counterweight of the apparatus and consists of a plurality of balance masses rotationally fixed to a rotor shaft and axially spaced apart from one another, each of the balance masses defining a circumferential and radial weight distribution that is static with respect to the rotor shaft for compensating the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade, the plurality of balance masses comprising a first balance mass and a second balance mass, the axial distance between the first balance mass and the second balance mass being constant during slicing operation of the apparatus,
- wherein an axial spacing between the second balance mass and the at least one cutting blade is at least double an axial spacing between the first balance mass and the at least one cutting blade, and
- wherein the first balance mass and the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade act in opposite radial directions, whereas the second balance mass acts in the same radial direction as the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade.
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An apparatus for the slicing of food products comprising:
- at least one cutting blade rotating about an axis of rotation and having an imbalance with respect to its rotational movement;
- a rotary drive for the at least one cutting blade;
- and
- a single counterweight that is the only counterweight of the apparatus and consists of a plurality of balance masses rotationally fixed to a rotor shaft and axially spaced apart from one another, each of the balance masses defining a circumferential and radial weight distribution that is static with respect to the rotor shaft, the plurality of balance masses arranged only at one side of the at least one cutting blade, the plurality of balance masses including a first balance mass and a second balance mass being configured and arranged for compensating the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade with respect to its rotational movement;
- wherein a spacing between the second balance mass and the at least one cutting blade is at least double a spacing between the first balance mass and the at least one cutting blade,
- wherein the at least one cutting blade is removably attached to a blade mount which forms the first balance mass the blade mount having an asymmetrical rotation geometry with respect to the axis of rotation, at least a portion of the first balance mass being arranged at a radial spacing from the axis of rotation which amounts to at least 75% of a smallest radius of the at least one cutting blade, the smallest radius part of an outer circumference of the at least one cutting blade.
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An apparatus for the slicing of food products comprising:
- at least one cutting blade rotating about a single axis of rotation and having an imbalance with respect to its rotational movement about the single axis of rotation;
- a rotary drive for the at least one cutting blade, the rotary drive comprising a drive disk and a rotor shaft, the drive disk interacting with a drive motor via a drive belt, the drive disk in direct interaction with the drive belt, the rotor shaft connected between the drive disk and the at least one cutting blade;
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- a counterweight comprising a plurality of balance masses axially spaced apart from one another, the axially spaced balance masses being configured and arranged for compensating the imbalance of the at least one cutting blade with respect to its rotational movement;
- wherein one of the axially spaced balance masses is formed by the drive disk of the rotary drive which can be set into rotation by means of the drive motor via the drive belt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.