Blade, cutting unit and slicing machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a blade, in particular a slicer blade, for a cutting unit of a slicing machine, in particular a slicer, for cutting slices from a product strand with a blade base body, which has a rotation axis that extends in an axial direction. According to the invention, the blade base body has a plurality of channel-shaped recesses with a direction of progression, the channel-shaped recesses having a predetermined depth in the axial direction, and the direction of progression of each of the channel-shaped recesses being at least partially in a non-radial direction with respect to the rotation axis of the blade base body. The invention further relates to a cutting unit with such a blade and to a slicing machine comprising the cutting unit.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.