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US 5,241,887 AGranted
Cutting device for cutting food products, in particular sausage, ham, bacon, meat, cheese and such
AssigneeNatech, Reich, Summer, GmbH & Co. Kg
InventorsMichael Wolff, Herbert Adler
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Abstract
Known are cutting devices for cutting food products with a base plate, an orbital-driven circular knife, a product feed unit and a counterknife. The invention proposes a height- adjustable distance of the circular knife to the counterknife along the cutting plane, and a stationary counterknife.
Claims10
A cutting device for cutting food products, in particular sausage, ham, bacon, meat, cheese and such, comprising:
- a base plate;
- a cutting head mounted on the base plate;
- the cutting head comprising a drive unit, a first support member rotatably mounted on the drive unit for rotation about an eccentric axis, a circular knife rotatably mounted on the support member at a location offset from said eccentric axis for rotation in a cutting plane about an axis of rotation parallel to said eccentric axis, and drive means for rotating said support arm and circular knife;
- a stationary counterknife for supporting a food product, the counterknife having a cutting edge arranged in the cutting plane;
- a product feed unit for feeding the food product to the cutting plane;
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- moving means for moving the circular knife in a direction perpendicular to the counterknife and along the cutting plane to adjust the height of the circular knife relative to the stationary counterknife.
- The moving means comprising an adjustment part carrying the drive unit, support member and circular knife, and an adjustment mechanism for adjustably mounting the adjustment part on the base plate to adjust the height of the adjustment part relative to the counterknife, the adjustment mechanism comprising a bracket engaging the adjustment part and a spindle adjustably connecting the bracket tot he stationary base plate, the spindle having a spindle axis which crosses the eccentric axis of the circular knife.
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A cutting device for cutting food products into slices, comprising:
- a base plate;
- a cutting head mounted on the base plate;
- the cutting head comprising a drive unit, a support member rotatably mounted for rotation about a first, eccentric axis, a circular knife rotatably mounted on the support member for rotation in a cutting plane about a knife axis parallel to and offset from said eccentric axis, said drive unit including drive means for rotating said support member and circular knife;
- a stationary counterknife for supporting a food product, the counterknife having a cutting edge arranged in the cutting plane;
- a product feed unit for feeding the food product to the cutting plane;
- adjustment means for moving the circular knife in a direction perpendicular to the counterknife for adjusting the height of the circular knife relative to the stationary counterknife;
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- hinge means for pivotally mounting the circular knife relative to the support plate for tilting the circular knife relative to the cutting plane, the hinge means having a swivel axis extending parallel to the cutting plane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.