Trancheuse de pain oblique
AssigneeJac S.A.
InventorBaudouin Van Cauwenberghe
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Abstract
A bread slicer comprising a loading compartment (6) adjacent to the front side (2) which is connected to a receiving compartment (7) situated near the rear side (3) of the bread slicer, an access opening (8) for placing a loaf of bread (16) to be sliced in the loading compartment (6) by a user who is positioned in front of the front side (2), a cutting member to cut slices off the bread (16) as it is moved between said compartments (6,7), a support surface (9) for the bread (16) extending in said compartments (6,7) The support surface (9) is inclined at an angle (α) between 25° and 70° with respect to a horizontal line.
Claims20
A bread slicer having a frame with a front side (2) opposite a rear side (3) and two lateral sides (4,5) extending between the front side (2) and the rear side (3), wherein this slicer (1) comprises
- a loading compartment (6) that is connected to a receiving compartment (7), the loading compartment (6) being adjacent to said front side (2) whereas the receiving compartment (7) is situated near said rear side (3),
- an access opening (8) for the loading compartment (6) for placing a loaf of bread (16) to be sliced in this compartment (6), the access opening (8) being accessible from said front side (2) by a user who is positioned in front of that front side (2) for placing a loaf of bread (16) to be sliced in the loading compartment (6) and for retrieving the loaf of bread (16) after it has been sliced,
- a cutting member which can move along a cutting plane (17) to cut slices off the bread (16) as it is moved between said compartments (6,7),
- a support surface (9) for the bread (16) extending in said compartments (6,7) and having a slot (10) between the compartments (6,7) to allow the passage of the cutting member along said cutting plane (17), the support surface (9) defining a direction of travel (11) of the bread (16) between the front side (2) and the rear side (3) of the frame and parallel to the support surface (9),
- a movable push rod (12) which can move in said direction of travel (11) of the bread (16) in order to move the bread (16) between said compartments (6,7) through the cutting plane (17),
- a movable support (13) which can move in said direction of travel (11) of the bread (16) in order to support and/or push the bread (16) to be cut or the slices of the cut bread, said slicer being characterized in that said support surface (9) is inclined at an angle (α) between 25° and 70°, in particular between 30° and 60°, with respect to a horizontal line which extends perpendicularly to the front side (2) of the slicer (1).
Method for slicing a loaf of bread (16) and for bagging the bread (16) after it has been sliced with a slicer (1) having a frame with a front side (2), opposite a rear side (3), and two lateral sides (4,5) extending between the front side (2) and the rear side (3), said slicer (1) comprising a loading compartment (6) which is connected to a receiving compartment (7), the loading compartment (6) being adjacent to said front side (2) whereas the receiving compartment (7) is situated close to said rear side (3), wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- placing a loaf of bread (16) to be sliced in the loading compartment (6) of the slicer (1) by a user who is positioned in front of the front side (2) of the slicer (1),
- moving the loaf (16) to the receiving compartment (7) and returning the loaf (16) to the loading compartment (6) from the receiving compartment (7) in a direction of travel (11) of the loaf which is inclined with respect to the horizontal line,
- cutting successive slices of the loaf (16) as it moves downward in the direction of travel (11) between the compartments (6,7), the slices being cut from the bread (16) in a cutting plane (17) extending substantially perpendicularly to said direction of travel (11) of the bread,
- characterized in that the bread (16) is moved along said direction of travel (11) inclined at an angle (α) between 25° and 70°, in particular between 30° and 60°, with respect to a horizontal line that extends perpendicularly to the front side (2) of the slicer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.