Bread slicer allowing sliced bread to be bagged
OwnerBaudouin Van Cauwenberghe, Jens RUMSFELDinventors
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Abstract
Bread slicer allowing a loaf of bread (2) to be packed in a bag, comprising a loading compartment (1) which is connected to a receiving compartment (6), a pushing member (5) which allows the bread (2) to be pushed in a movement direction of the bread and means for keeping a packing bag (13) open. The slicer comprises an abutment element (19) for reducing the cross-section of the bag (13) at the location of the abutment element (13) so that the portion (21) of the bag with a reduced cross-section forms an abutment for the end of the sliced bread.
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A bread slicer for wrapping a loaf of bread in a packing bag, said slicer comprising:
- a loading compartment having a support surface to place a loaf of bread on to be sliced, the loading compartment being connected to a receiving compailinent which has an output table for the sliced bread,
- a push rod for pushing the bread from the loading compailinent to the receiving compailinent in a direction of travel of the bread,
- a cutting element for cutting successive slices of the bread as the latter is moved from the loading compailinent to the receiving compartment, said cutting element being arranged in a cutting plane between the loading compailinent and the receiving compartment and substantially perpendicular with respect to said direction of travel of the bread,
- holder, provided in the receiving compartment, for holding open a packing bag having an opening, with the opening facing the cutting plane while the bread moves along the direction of travel, the push rod being arranged so as to push at least part of the cut bread through the opening of the bag in said direction of travel in order to introduce it at least partially in the packing bag,
- a push element which is provided in the receiving compartment and which makes it possible to compress the packing bag when the latter is being held open by the holder in order to reduce the cross-section of the bag (13) at the location of the push element, such that the portion of the bag with the reduced section forms a support for the far end of the bread opposite the end facing the push rod,
- wherein the push element can move in the direction of travel of the bread in order to be able to gradually move away from the cutting plane while the cut portion of the bread is being introduced in the bag, wherein the push element cooperates with the push rod so as to allow a synchronized movement of the push element and the push rod while the bread is cut into slices.
A method for cutting a loaf of bread in slices and for introducing the slices in a packing bag, wherein the bread is placed in a loading compartment and is moved in a direction of travel of the loaf towards a receiving compartment, wherein during the movement, the bread is cut in successive slices by a blade moving in a cutting plane between the loading compartment and the receiving compartment, wherein a packing bag having an opening is being held in the receiving compartment with the opening of the bag directed towards the cutting plane in order to introduce the slices of bread in the packing bag according to said direction of travel as the bread moves, wherein the packing bag is compressed by a push element in order to reduce the cross-section of a portion of the bag while the bag is being held open, such that the end of the bread opposite the end facing the push rod will rest in the bag against the portion of the bag with the reduced cross-section, and in that the push element is moved so as to move the portion with the reduced section away from the cutting plane according to said direction of travel as the sliced portion of the bread is being introduced in the bag while maintaining the far end of the bread supported by said portion of the bag with the reduced section, wherein the bread to be sliced is driven in the loading compartment by a push rod, while being cut, and the push element is made to move synchronously with the push rod.
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