Method for cutting a loaf-shaped food and cutting machine
OwnerUwe Reifenhåuserinventor
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Abstract
In a method for cutting a loaf-shaped food, a loaf of the food is advanced toward a cutting device by means of a feed apparatus and the loaf is cut into slices, strips or cubes by means of said cutting device, which includes that the loaf is fixed during the feed movement by means of a vacuum gripper that is advanced together with the loaf; a negative pressure is generated within an interior of a contact element of the vacuum gripper and acts upon a fixing region of the surface of the loaf in a suction region of the contact element, in order to prevent hygienic problems associated with vacuum pumps, the negative pressure is generated by means of a piston-cylinder unit, the piston of which defines the interior of the contact element.
Claims14
A method for cutting a loaf-shaped food comprising the steps of advancing the food toward a cutting device by means of a feed apparatus for cutting into slices, strips or cubes by said cutting device, fixing the loaf during the feed movement by means of a vacuum gripper advanced together with the loaf, wherein a negative pressure is generated within an interior of a contact element of the vacuum gripper acting upon at least one fixing region of the surface of the loaf in at least one suction region of the contact element, and generating a negative pressure by means of at least one piston-cylinder unit with the piston is defining the interior of the contact element.
A cutting machine for cutting a loaf-shaped food for cutting a loaf of food into slices, strips or cubes comprising a feed apparatus for advancing the loaf toward a cutting device during the cutting process, the feed apparatus comprising a vacuum gripper for fixing the loaf during a feed movement and for advancing the vacuum gripper toward the cutting device together with the loaf;
- wherein the vacuum gripper includes a contact element in whose interior a negative pressure is generated and acting upon at least one fixing region at the surface of the loaf in at least one suction region of the contact element, wherein at least one piston-cylinder unit is provided for generating the negative pressure in the interior of the contact element and wherein the piston of the at least one piston-cylinder unit defines the interior of the contact element.
A vacuum gripper of a cutting machine for cutting a loaf-shaped food, comprising:
- a contact element having a suction region, and at least one piston-cylinder unit having at least one piston defining an interior of the contact element, wherein a negative pressure is generated in the interior of the contact element for acting on a fixing region on the surface of the loaf-shaped food in the suction region of the contact element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.