Honing apparatus for bun slicing machines
AssigneeHansaloy Corporation
InventorStephen C. Wright
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Abstract
An apparatus for honing in place the endless blades of a band-type slicer for buns and similar bakery goods. The honing apparatus has a pair of independently adjustable hones mounted on a common actuator so that the hones will simultaneously engage both sides of the cutting edge of the endless blade as it passes between the hones. The apparatus also uses a helical cam arrangement that advances and retracts the hones during the honing operation to lengthen the life of the hones and also to provide a more accurate honing as the hones and blades wear. Because of the mounting arrangement and the independent adjustability of the hones, the apparatus can be attached to and used with any of the various bun slicing machines that are presently commerically available.
Claims8
A honing attachment for a slicing machine having an endless band with a cutting edge that provides a cutting blade, which blade travels in a single plane during a substantial portion of its path of travel, said attachment comprising a pair of spaced-apart elongated hones, a common support for said hones to position the hones one on each side of the blade as it travels in said single plane, said support providing for adjustable positioning of said hones independently of each other, said support also providing for adjustable positioning of the angle of each hone relative to said single plane of travel of the balde so as to hone the cutting edge at a desired predetermined angle, first means for moving said support to cause said hones selectively to move to and out of engagement with the cutting edge of the blade, and second means for moving said support so as to advance and retract said hones toward and away from the cutting edge of the blade during the time that the hones are engaged with the cutting edge of the blade.
A honing attachment for a slicing machine having an endless band with a cutting edge that provides a cutting blade which blade travels in a single plane during a substantial portion of its path of travel, said attachment comprising a main support member adapted to be fixedly attached to the machine, a housing mounted with respect to the main support member so as to be pivotable with respect thereto, a main shaft extending through said housing and providing the pivotable connection between the main support member and the housing, power means for rotating the shaft, a drive gear mounted on said shaft and rotatable therewith, a driven gear engageable with the drive gear and driven thereby, said driven gear being mounted on the housing for rotatable movement relative to the housing, a cam member secured to the driven gear near its outer periphery and engageable intermittently with the main support member in a manner that will cause pivotal movement of the housing relative to the main support member during the time that the cam member is engaged with the main support member, a pair of spaced-apart rod-like hones, a common support for said hones to position said hones one on each side of the blade as it travels in said single plane when the attachment is properly positioned by affixing the main support member to the machine, said common support providing for adjustable positioning of said hones independently of each other, said common support also providing for adjustable positioning of the angle of each hone relative to said single plane of travel of the blade so as to hone the cutting edge at a desired predetermined angle, means providing for movement of said common support member in a direction generally parallel to the rod-like hones so as to advance and retract said hones toward and away from the cutting edge of the blade during the time the hones are engaged with the blade, power means for rotating the main shaft, and switch means for controlling the power means.
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