Sizing and cutting apparatus
AssigneeAEW Engineering Co. Limited
InventorJohn A. Whitehouse
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Abstract
Apparatus for sizing and bandsaw cutting of meat, wherein the pieces of product to be cut are mounted in a magazine for rotation around a path which intercepts a sensor means and a bandsaw, with the pieces resting on a vertically adjustable horizontal table, the sensor means being disposed in the surface of the table to sense the area of the lower face of the product, thereby to enable automatic adjustment of the level of the table so that the bandsaw cuts a slice of product of required size from the lower end of the pieces.
Claims9
Apparatus for sizing and cutting a product into uniformly sized portions, in which the product to be cut is mounted in a magazine by which it can be rotated around a circular path which intercepts at one point a horizontal section of a bandsaw and at another point the operative field of a sensor disposed in said path from which an electrical signal can be computed which describes the area of the lower end face of the product, wherein said sensor is disposed in a horizontal surface on which the lower end face of the product slides as the product is rotated around the circular path by the magazine, and wherein said horizontal surface on which the lower end face of the product slides is integral with a table assembly which is movable relative to at least the horizontal section of the bandsaw, so as to adjust the depth of the product there below and therefore the thickness of the portion which will be removed by the cutting action of the bandsaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.