Method For Slicing A Block Of Food Into Portions Of Precise Weight
OwnerRainer Maidel, Silvio Quagliainventors
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for slicing a block of food (1) into portions (3) of precise weight. The invention further relates to a slicing machine (12) and to a block of food (1).
Claims27
A method for slicing a block of food into portions of precise weight, characterized in that:
- a weight (W) or a length (L) of the block of food is ascertained,
- an irradiation scanner ascertains n signals (pi,i=1−n) from n scan slices having a thickness (xi,i=1−n) which are arranged in succession along a longitudinal axis (x) of the block of food,
- the signals (pi,i=1−n) are stored in a computer unit and a sum thereof (P) is formed and stored,
- the values of W, P and pi,i=1−n or L, P and pi,i=1−n and also a desired target weight G of a respective portion are used to calculate a length to be taken off (xN) from the block of food, and
- the length to be taken off is transferred to a slicing machine which cuts off the respective portion.
A slicing machine having a cutting knife which takes off food slices from a front end of a block of food, wherein the block of food is transported by a means of transport in a direction of the cutting knife, and means to establish and track a position of the block of food on the means of transport in the direction of transport thereof.
A block of food, comprising means to establish an orientation of the block of food.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.