Ham slicing machine
OwnerMichael R. Boyerinventor
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Abstract
A machine for spirally slicing an unboned ham mounted between a non-driven ham engaging member and a driven ham engaging member attached to a feed screw supported by a nut fixed to the machine frame. A drive motor connected to the feed screw is mounted in a housing movable linearly with the feed screw and a support connects the non-driven ham engaging member to the housing for movement therewith. A reciprocatably driven slicing knife is mounted on a table which is movable linearly and transversely to the longitudinal axis of the feed screw between non-working and working positions and which is resiliently biased in the working position to permit automatic positional compensation of the slicing knife for eccentricity of ham rotation and irregularity in the shape of the ham.
Claims11
A ham slicing machine including a frame, ham mounting means, driving means including a first motor connected to a rotatable feed screw carried by the frame for simultaneously rotating and moving the ham mounting means longitudinally of the axis of rotation of the feed screw, and a reciprocatable slicing knife supported by the frame for movement transversely of the axis of rotation of the feed screw into engagement with the ham during the rotating and longitudinal movements thereof, wherein the improvement comprises:
- a slicing table;
- guide means carried by the frame for slidably supporting the slicing table for linear movement in a direction transverse to the axis of rotation of the feed screw between working and non-working positions relative to the ham;
- means including a second motor mounted on the slicing table for supporting and reciprocatably driving the slicing knife in directions transverse to the direction of linear movement of the slicing table;
- operating means for moving the slicing table between said working and non-working positions;
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- motion transmitting means acting between the operating means and the slicing table for resiliently urging the slicing table to the working position in response to movement of the operating means to the working position.
A ham slicing machine including a frame, a ham mounting means, driving means including a rotatable feed screw carried by the frame for simultaneously rotating and moving the ham mounting means longitudinally of the axis of rotation of the feed screw, and a reciprocatable slicing knife supported by the frame for movement transversely of the axis of rotation of the feed screw into engagement with the ham during the rotating and longitudinal movements thereof, wherein said driving means comprises:
- a nut fixedly carried by the frame for supporting the feed screw,
- a driving motor coupled to the feed screw,
- a housing supporting the driving motor,
- and guides carried by the frame and mounting the housing for linear movement axially with the feed screw in response to rotation of the feed screw by the driving motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.