Meat cutting band blade machine

A meat cutting machine for slice cutting soft boneless meats, said machine comprising a base, a vertical band blade support frame secured to said base, blade support means secured in said band blade support frame, a flat band blade supported by said support means, drive means drivingly connected to said blade support means, an opening in said band blade support frame to expose a meat cutting area along a straight path of said band blade, a stationary table secured below said meat cutting area, a horizontally displaceable meat support table displaceable on an axis parallel to the plane of said flat band blade to displace an end portion of a piece of meat placed on a support surface thereof against a cutting edge of said band blade;

• said horizontally displaceable meat support table having its support surface inclined rearwardly downward at an angle lying within the range of from 5.degree. to 15.degree. with said band blade extending at substantially a right angle with respect to said support surface of said displaceable meat support table, said blade support means being a pair of band support wheels rotatably secured in a spaced apart manner by said support frame, said band blade being an endless blade having a straight cutting edge and supported about said wheels, said stationary table and said displaceable meat support table being secured to said band blade support frame and have their support surface inclined in the same plane, said wheels having their centers rotatably secured on an axis inclined rearwardly at the same angle as said surfaces, said support surfaces being disposed at right angles to said straight path of said band blade, and a thickness gauge plate displaceably secured above said stationary table and extending parallel to the plane of said blade, means to displace said gauge plate to a predetermined distance from said meat cutting area of said blade to obtain a desired slice thickness of said piece of meat placed on said displaceable meat support table.