Installation for cutting food products equipped with means for filling the chute

Installation for cutting food products which are in the form of elongated loaves and which comprises:

• at least one assembly comprising at least one chute or magazine for receiving a loaf of food product, this chute (1) having the form of an elongated compartment, generally directed from top to bottom, and configured to receive said loaf via its open upper end, with the possibility of sliding so as to direct it towards and beyond its open lower end under the effect of its own weight;
• a generally horizontal tray, arranged at a distance from the lower end of said chute, and a cutting blade arranged near this tray;
• displacement means of said assembly configured to alternatively guide said lower end near said tray so that said blade interacts with said loaf and executes its cutting,
• wherein it comprises on the one hand a storage unit (S) of food loaves and on the other hand mechanised and/or automated means for picking-off at least one loaf from said storage unit and for transferring and loading it in said chute, via its open upper end and in that:
• said storage unit comprises one or more superposed trays forming a stack, for receiving a plurality of loaves;
• it comprises means configured so that the highest tray on which loaves are present always occupies a constant level;
• it comprises at least one thrust member such as a jack configured to discharge said loaves present on the highest tray;
• as well as a receptacle mobile between a loading position in which it receives at least one loaf discharged by said at least one thrust member, and a transfer position in which said receptacle is positioned opposite said chute, in the immediate vicinity of its open upper end.