US 6,186,056 B1Granted

Machine tool for processing products including food products

AssigneeDito-Sama

InventorsBabut Bruno, Musseau Joël

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Abstract

A machine tool for processing products, such as food products. The tool includes a tube-envelope (2) fixed to the tool with a cage (6) at one end of the tube-envelope. In one embodiment of the invention, the tube-envelope and the cage are formed as two separate parts. The cage (6) receives a product processing unit (7). The product processing unit (7) is, for example, a blade, which is driven by a shaft (9) releasably coupled to a drive shaft (12) of the machine. The shaft (9) is guided and centered in the tool. The shaft is sealed in the machine with, for example, a ring, and the ring can be screwed into the tube-envelope, or secured to the machine by bayonets. The ring is formed so that it is removable with a tool. This allows for the shaft (9) and processing unit (7) to be demounted from the tool for maintenance.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A machine tool for processing products, including food products, comprising:

(a) a tube-envelope (2);
(b) means (4) for fixing said tube-envelope (2) to a first end (3) of the tool;
(c) a cage (6) provided at a second end (5) of said tube-envelope (2);
(d) a product processing unit (7), insertable into said cage (6), and carried by a first end (8) of a shaft (9);
(e) means (11) for releasably coupling a second end of said shaft (9) to a drive shaft (12) of the machine, said drive shaft (12) used with said shaft (9) for driving rotation of said processing unit (7);
(f) means (13) positioned in the tube-envelope (2), and located near the processing unit (7) for guiding and centering the shaft (9);
(g) fixing means (14) for joining said means (13) to the tool (2), said fixing means (14) enabling said means (13) to be demounted from the tool and accordingly, the drive shaft (12), the shaft (9), and the processing unit (7), to be demounted from the tool for cleaning and maintenance.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.