Bread slicer with a packing system
AssigneeJac S.A.
InventorsBaudouin Van Cauwenberghe, Jens Rumsfeld
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Abstract
A bread slicer is provided with an input compartment for a loaf of bread and a set of blades designed for cutting a loaf of bread and cooperating with a push block, which enables the loaf to be pushed through the set of blades to an output table. The output table has a bag holder for keeping open a packing bag with the opening facing the set of blades, the push block being arranged to push at least a part of the sliced loaf so as to introduce it at least partially in the packing bag.
Claims11
A bread slicer with an input compartment for receiving a loaf of bread to be sliced and having a set of blades comprising oblong blades having a longitudinal direction and being arranged substantially parallel to each other such that the oblong blades can be driven in a back-and-forth movement in the longitudinal direction, said set of blades being designed for cutting a loaf of bread into slices and cooperating with a push block which enables the loaf to be pushed in a direction of travel from the input compartment through the set of blades to an output table, the set of blades being arranged between the input compartment and the output table to cut the loaf into slices, wherein the output table has a bag holder for keeping open a packing bag having an opening, with the opening facing the set of blades during the movement of the loaf of bread in the direction of travel, the push block being arranged to push at least a part of the sliced loaf through the opening in said direction of travel so as to introduce the sliced loaf at least partially in the packing bag.
A method for cutting a loaf of bread into slices and for putting the sliced loaf at least partially in a packing bag, wherein the loaf is placed in an input compartment and the loaf is moved in a direction of travel of the loaf towards an output table, the loaf being cut into slices between the input compartment and the output table as the loaf moves in said direction of travel through a set of blades comprising oblong blades arranged substantially parallel to each other, wherein a packing bag having an opening is being held open at the output table with the opening facing the set of blades and the loaf is introduced at least partially into the packing bag in said direction of travel through the opening of the latter while the loaf is being cut into slices.
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