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US 11,148,313 B2Granted
Food log slicing apparatus for slicing multiple layers of stacked food logs
AssigneeProvisur Technologies, Inc.
InventorsWouter Bart Erné, Jurgen Rudolf Bialy
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Abstract
A food log slicing apparatus includes a base, a frame mounted on the base, a loaf tray, a drive assembly, a shear bar and a slicing station mounted on the frame. The loaf tray and the shear bar are divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes, each of which are configured to receive multiple food logs stacked in a column. Each lane has a base wall on which a lowest one of the food logs rests which is angled relative to horizontal ground. The drive assembly moves the food logs from the loaf tray to the shear bar and into the slicing station. The slicing station has a driven blade which is parallel to a planar downstream face of the shear bar, and cuts all of the food logs as the blade passes through the food logs.
Claims21
A food log slicing apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a frame mounted on the base;
- a loaf tray mounted on the frame, the loaf tray being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes, each lane being configured to receive multiple food logs stacked in a column in each lane, each lane having a base wall on which a lowest one of the food logs rests which is angled relative to horizontal ground;
- a drive assembly mounted on the frame above the loaf tray and which is moveable relative to the frame and relative to the loaf tray;
- a shear bar mounted on the frame downstream of the loaf tray, the shear bar being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes which each are respectively aligned with respective lanes of the loaf tray, each respective lane in the shear bar being configured to receive the multiple food logs stacked in the column from the respective lane of the loaf tray, the shear bar having a base wall on which a lowest one of the food logs in each column rests as the food logs pass therethrough which is angled relative to horizontal ground;
- a slicing station mounted on the frame downstream of the shear bar which is configured to cut the stacked food logs;
- an upper conveyor belt downstream of the slicing station positioned to receive an upper set of slices generated by an upper row of the food logs coming directly from the side-by-side lanes of the shear bar, being cut by the slicing station;
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- a lower conveyor belt downstream of the slicing station, wherein the upper conveyor belt is disposed above the lower conveyor belt, the lower conveyor belt is positioned to receive a lower set of slices generated by a lower row of the food logs, coming directly from the side-by-side lanes of the shear bar, being cut by the slicing station.
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A system comprising:
- a plurality of elongated food logs;
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- a food log slicing apparatus comprising
- a base,
- a frame mounted on the base,
- a loaf tray mounted on the frame, the loaf tray being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes, each lane having multiple food logs stacked in a column, each lane having a base wall on which a lowest one of the food logs rests which is angled relative to horizontal ground,
- a drive assembly mounted on the frame above the loaf tray and which is moveable relative to the frame and relative to the loaf tray, the drive assembly engaged with each one of the food logs,
- a shear bar mounted on the frame downstream of the loaf tray, the shear bar being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes which each are respectively aligned with respective lanes of the loaf tray, each respective lane in the shear bar being configured to receive the multiple food logs stacked in the column from the respective lane of the loaf tray, the shear bar having a base wall on which the lowest one of the food logs in each column rests as the food logs pass therethrough which is angled relative to horizontal ground,
- a slicing station mounted on the frame downstream of the shear bar, the slicing station having a blade, the blade slicing all of the food logs during a pass through the food logs,
- an upper conveyor belt downstream of the slicing station, the upper conveyor belt is positioned to receive an upper set of slices generated by an upper row of the food logs, coming directly from the side-by-side lanes of the shear bar, being cut by the slicing station, and
- a lower conveyor belt downstream of the slicing station, wherein the upper conveyor belt is disposed above the lower conveyor belt, and the lower conveyor belt is positioned to receive a lower set of slices generated by a lower row of the food logs, coming directly from the side-by-side lanes of the shear bar, being cut by the slicing station.
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A food log slicing apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- a frame mounted on the base;
- a loaf tray mounted on the frame, the loaf tray being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes,
- each lane having an elongated base wall which is angled relative to the horizontal ground, a pair of opposing elongated upright wall surfaces extending from the base wall, and an open top, wherein each lane is configured to receive multiple food logs to be stacked on top of each other within the lane through the open top, wherein a lowest one of the stacked food logs rests upon the base wall in each lane, wherein the opposing wall surfaces define a height which allows the multiple food logs to be stacked on top of each other while completely separating the multiple food logs in each lane from the multiple food logs in the other lanes;
- a drive assembly mounted on the frame above the loaf tray and which is moveable relative to the frame and relative to the loaf tray;
- a shear bar mounted on the frame downstream of the loaf tray, the shear bar being divided into a plurality of side-by-side lanes which each are respectively aligned with respective lanes of the loaf tray, each respective lane in the shear bar having a base wall which is angled relative to horizontal ground and a pair of opposing upright wall surfaces extending therefrom, wherein respective lanes in the shear bar are configured to receive the stacked food logs from respective lanes of the loaf tray with the lowest one of the stacked food logs resting upon the base wall in respective lane of the shear bar, wherein the opposing wall surfaces in the shear bar define a height which allows the multiple food logs to be stacked on top of each other while completely separating the multiple food logs in each lane in the shear bar from the multiple food logs in the other lanes in the shear bar;
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- a slicing station mounted on the frame downstream of the shear bar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.