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US 2006/0196328 A1Published application
Loaf seam synchronization device for continuous loaf feed slicing machine
AssigneeFormax, Inc.
InventorsGlen Pryor, Glenn Sandberg
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AssigneeFormax, Inc.
InventorsGlen Pryor, Glenn Sandberg
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A mechanism and method is provided for controllably loading multiple food loaves into the slicing station of a continuous slicing machine. The parallel loaves that are engaged by a common loaf feed drive or side-by-side, independent loaf feed drives are engaged by the loaf feed drive or drives simultaneously such that the interface or seam between a preceding loaf and a trailing loaf in different loaf feed paths are located substantially at the same location during slicing of two side-by-side loaf streams. A clamp device is provided that clamps multiple food loaves when loaded to move along the parallel food loaf paths together, wherein the clamp device can be released once the multiple food loaves are simultaneously engaged by the loaf feed drive.
A high speed food loaf slicing machine, comprising:
An improved high speed food loaf slicing machine comprising a slicing station including a knife blade and a knife blade drive driving the knife blade along a predetermined cutting path, and loaf support for supporting a first food loaf and a second food loaf for movement along parallel first and second loaf paths, respectively, into the slicing station for repetitive slicing of both loaves by the knife blade, the improvement comprising:
A method of operating a high speed food loaf slicing machine, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.