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US 11,667,050 B2Granted
Loading apparatus
AssigneeWeber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
InventorsSigfrid Bauer, Axel Zimansky
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Abstract
A loading apparatus for loading food products onto and/or into a slicing apparatus, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprises at least one magazine unit that includes a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction. The conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to the slicing apparatus and includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other. At least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height.
Claims37
A loading apparatus for loading food products onto or into a slicing apparatus,
- the loading apparatus comprising at least one magazine unit,
- the at least one magazine unit including a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction,
- wherein the conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus that is configured to feed the products to a cutting region in which the products are cut into slices,
- wherein the conveying means includes several product support surfaces,
- the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other,
- wherein at least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height,
- wherein the products can be transferred to the feeding unit in a transferring direction, wherein the magazine unit includes a blocking member, the blocking member being arranged to prevent products that are below or above the transferring height from moving along the transferring direction,
- wherein the blocking member is movable between a release position and a blocking position, wherein a motion in the transferring direction of a product being at the transferring height is enabled in the release position and prevented in the blocking position.
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An entraining device for transferring supplied food products in a transferring direction to a feeding unit of a slicing apparatus comprising:
- a driving member that is movable in the transferring direction;
- at least one entrainer that is arranged on the driving member, the entrainer being configured to engage with a rear end of the product such that the product is movable in the transferring direction;
- and
- a drivable alignment means that is configured to align the product at its rear end transversely to the transferring direction.
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A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices, comprising:
- a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged;
- and at least one of:
- a. a loading apparatus for loading food products onto or into a slicing apparatus, the loading apparatus comprising at least one magazine unit, the at least one magazine unit including a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction, wherein the conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus that is configured to feed the products to a cutting region in which the products are cut into slices, wherein the conveying means includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other, wherein at least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height;
- b. an entraining device that is configured to transfer products lifted to the transferring height along a transferring direction to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus;
- and
- c. an entraining device for transferring supplied food products in a transferring direction to a feeding unit of a slicing apparatus comprising:
- a driving member that is movable in the transferring direction;
- at least one entrainer that is arranged on the driving member, the entrainer being configured to engage with a rear end of the product such that the product is movable in the transferring direction;
- and a drivable alignment means that is configured to align the product at its rear end transversely to the transferring direction.
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A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices, comprising:
- a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged, and
- a pressing member for pressing a front part of a product towards at least one of a surface of the feeding unit or a cutting edge while the product is cut into slices,
- wherein the pressing member is movable by a lambda kinematic,
- the lambda kinematic being configured to move the pressing member essentially parallel to a cutting plane in which the blade of the slicing apparatus moves.
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A loading apparatus for loading food products onto or into a slicing apparatus,
- the loading apparatus comprising at least one magazine unit,
- the at least one magazine unit including a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction,
- wherein the conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus that is configured to feed the products to a cutting region in which the products are cut into slices,
- wherein the conveying means includes several product support surfaces,
- the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other,
- wherein at least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height,
- wherein at least one pressing member is provided that is configured to push a product lifted to the transferring height against a lateral border of the loading apparatus.
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A loading apparatus for loading food products onto or into a slicing apparatus,
- the loading apparatus comprising at least one magazine unit,
- the at least one magazine unit including a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction,
- wherein the conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus that is configured to feed the products to a cutting region in which the products are cut into slices,
- wherein the conveying means includes several product support surfaces,
- the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other,
- wherein at least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height, and
- comprising an entraining device that is configured to transfer products lifted to the transferring height along a transferring direction to a feeding unit of the slicing apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.