Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products
AssigneeRompa Patent Beheer B.V.
InventorJozef J. Th. Rompa
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Abstract
Device (1) for slicing loaves and similar bakery products, comprising a stationary frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves, a blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate, cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each blade carrier drive means (51-56, 65-68), which produce a first movement and a second movement of the blade carrier (10), and cleaning means (70, 71) for the cutting blades (11).
Claims28
Device (1) for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves (7), which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means (4, 5) for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, characterized in that the drive means of the cutting-blade carrier provide a first movement, which is characterized by a first amplitude in the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades (11) and a first frequency, and also provide a second movement, which is characterized by a second amplitude in the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades and a second frequency, the first amplitude being greater than the second amplitude and the first frequency being lower than the second frequency, and in that the drive means are designed to superimpose the first movement and the second movement to form a resultant movement, and in that the drive means drive the cutting blades (11) with the resultant movement.
Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, in which the first amplitude lies in the order of magnitude of a few centimetres and the second amplitude lies in the order of magnitude of one or several millimetres.
Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, in which each of the cutting blades (11) is provided on the cutting edge (13) with cutting formations situated at regular distances from one another, the distance between adjacent cutting formations lying between 0.5 and 4 millimetres.
Device according to one or more of the preceding claims, in which the drive means for the cutting-blade carrier comprise an intermediate carrier (41, 42), which is disposed between the frame (2) and the cutting-blade carrier (10), in which the intermediate carrier (41, 42) is held in the frame (2) such that it can move in a reciprocating manner substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, and in which the intermediate carrier is designed to support the cutting blades (11) such that they can move with respect to the intermediate carrier, the drive means comprising first drive means (51, 53, 54, 56), which are disposed between the frame and the intermediate carrier for driving the intermediate carrier such that it moves with respect to the frame, and also second drive means (65, 67, 68), which are disposed between the intermediate carrier and the cutting blades so as to drive the cutting blades such that they move with respect to the intermediate carrier.
Device (1) for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves (7), which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, which cutting-blade carrier has a top attachment body (17) which is common to the cutting blades and a bottom attachment body (18) which is common to the cutting blades, one end of each cutting blade being connected to the bottom attachment body and the other end of each cutting blade being connected to the top attachment body, tensioning means being provided so as to effect and maintain an axial operational tension in each cutting blade (11) during the cutting operation, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, characterized in that the top attachment body (17) and the bottom attachment body (18) of the cutting-blade carrier (10) are displaceable with respect to one another, in that the drive means are provided with top holding means (30) for releasably holding the top attachment body (17) of the cutting-blade carrier and with bottom holding means (31) for releasably holding the bottom attachment body (18) of the cutting-blade carrier, and in that the tensioning means are designed so as to change the distance between the top holding means (30) and the bottom holding means (31), so that after the top and bottom attachment bodies have respectively been arranged in the top and bottom holding means the distance between the top and bottom holding means can be increased, bringing about the axial operational tensioning of the cutting blades (11).
Cutting-blade carrier (10) for a device for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a top bar (17) and a bottom bar (18) which is substantially parallel thereto, the top bar and the bottom bar being designed for attaching between them a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) which are positioned next to one another and at a distance from one another, the top bar and the bottom bar being connected to one another by means of spacer means so as to form a unit which can be handled as a single entity, characterized in that the spacer means (19, 20) allow the top bar (17) and the bottom bar (20) to move apart, so as to tension the cutting blades (11) with an axial operating tension which is suitable for cutting the loaf.
Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame, which is provided with support means for the loaves, which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, cleaning means for the cutting blades being provided, in order to clean the cutting blades during cutting of the loaves, which cleaning means are disposed outside the path for the loaves which is defined by the support means, the cleaning means comprising a scraper member (70, 71), which extends transversely to the cutting blades (11) and is provided with a plurality of slot openings (73), each for the passage of a cutting blade, the scraper member forming a scraper surface (77, 78) on either side of each cutting blade, which surface is intended to scrape along the adjacent side of the cutting blade, characterized in that displacement means (120, 121) are provided so as to displace (B1, B2) the scraper member (70, 71) with respect to the cutting blades (11) in a reciprocating manner substantially transversely to the cutting blades (11).
Device (1) for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves (7), which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade (11) having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, cleaning means for the cutting blades being provided, in order to clean the cutting blades during cutting of the loaves, which cleaning means are disposed outside the path for the loaves which is defined by the support means, the cleaning means comprising a scraper member (70, 71), which extends transversely to the cutting blades and is provided with a plurality of slot openings (73), each for the passage of a cutting blade (11), the scraper member (70, 71) forming a scraper surface (77, 78) on either side of each cutting blade (11), which surface is intended to scrape along the adjacent side of the cutting blade, characterized in that one or more channels (80) are arranged in the scraper member (70, 71), which channels have an outlet port (81) at each of the slot openings (73) in the scraper member, and in that air-supply means (90, 91) are provided for supplying compressed air to the said channels (80).
Device (1) for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves (7), which support means define a path for the loaves (7) through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, characterized in that the device is provided with a magazine device (100, 101) for holding a stock of a plurality of cutting-blade carriers (10), and in that an exchange device (105) is provided in order to automatically remove a cutting-blade carrier from the magazine device and couple it to the drive means (30, 31) and to uncouple the cutting-blade carrier from the drive means and place the uncoupled cutting-blade carrier in the magazine device.
Cutting-blade carrier (10) for a device for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a top bar (17) and a bottom bar (18) which is substantially parallel thereto, the top bar and the bottom bar being designed for attaching between them a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) which are positioned next to one another and at a distance from one another and the top bar and the bottom bar being connected to one another by means of spacer means (19, 20) so as to form a unit which can be handled as a single entity, characterized in that, for the purpose of attaching a cutting blade (11), the top bar (17) or the bottom bar (18) is provided with a fixed attachment member (22), and in that the other bar is provided with an adjustable attachment member (23) having an attachment point (25) which is moveable substantially in the longitudinal direction of the cutting blade (11), and in that the fixed attachment member (22) and the adjustable attachment member (23) are arranged alternately on the top bar (17) and the bottom bar (18).
Device for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame, which is provided with support means for the loaves, which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier, which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, cleaning means for the cutting blades being provided, in order to clean the cutting blades during cutting of the loaves, which cleaning means are disposed outside the path for the loaves which is defined by the support means, the cleaning means comprising a scraper member, which extends transversely to the cutting blades and is provided with a plurality of slot openings, each for the passage of a cutting blade, characterized in that means are provided for releasably attaching the scraper member to the cutting-blade carrier (10), so that the scraper member, together with the cutting-blade carrier, can be handled as a unit, and in that the device is provided with support means for the scraper member, which support means are designed to grip the scraper member, which has been releasably attached to the cutting-blade carrier and together with the cutting-blade carrier has been placed in the device, and to hold this carrier fixedly with respect to the cutting blades which move during the cutting operation.
Device (1) for slicing loaves and other bakery products, comprising a frame (2), which is provided with support means (4, 5) for the loaves (7), which support means define a path for the loaves through the device, a cutting-blade carrier (10), which holds a plurality of thin, elongate cutting blades (11) next to one another and at a distance from one another, each cutting blade having a cutting edge (13) which has cutting formations for cutting the loaf, drive means for creating a reciprocating movement of the cutting blades with respect to the support means for the loaves, which reciprocating movement is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the cutting blades, cleaning means for the cutting blades being provided, in order to clean the cutting blades during cutting of the loaves, which cleaning means are disposed outside the path for the loaves which is defined by the support means, the cleaning means comprising a scraper member (70, 71), which extends transversely to the cutting blades and is provided with a plurality of slot openings (73), each for the passage of a cutting blade, each slot opening (73) being delimited by two walls (74, 75), which each lie along one side of a cutting blade and form a scraper surface (77, 78) on either side of each cutting blade, which surface is intended to scrape along the adjacent side of the cutting blade, characterized in that the walls (74, 75) which form the scraper surfaces (77, 78) are at a shorter distance from one another at the level of the side of the cutting blade (11) than in the region of the cutting edge (13) and the rear edge of the cutting blade (11).
Device according to a combination of a number of the preceding claims.
Scraper member according to one or more of the preceding claims.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.