Product conveying device and cutting machine

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a product conveying device for food products, comprising a product conveyor unit which is designed to receive at least one food product on a receiving section thereof and to convey it substantially along a conveying direction from a product receiving side of the product conveying device to a product discharge side of the product conveying device, and a drive unit having a drive element rotatable about a drive axis. The drive element is operatively connected to a driven element of the product conveying unit and is arranged to drive the driven element in rotation about a driven axis thereof in order to move the receiving section of the product conveyor unit in or against the conveying direction, wherein the drive axis of the drive element is substantially parallel, preferably coaxial, to the driven axis of the driven element.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.