Device for portioning foodstuffs, in particular ground meat, to be packed in trays or the like
AssigneeRefin S.r.l.
InventorsGiampietro Righele, Paolo Righele
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portioning device for packaging in containers such as trays a pre-established amount of foodstuff such as ground meat, supplied through an extrusion plate of a grinder, which lays down a mass of ground meat in a continuous strip on a belt conveyor. The portioning device generates metered portions of ground meat by a cutting element which operates in cooperation with a fixed element located above the belt conveyor.
Claims4
A portioning device for packaging in containers such as trays a pre-established amount of foodstuff such as ground meat, supplied by an extrusion plate (7) of a grinder (1), the portioning device laying a mass of ground meat delivered evenly as a strip (2) onto a belt conveyor (9) which proceeds from an area underlying said extrusion plate (7) to a filling area for said containers (16), said portioning device comprising:
- an element (3) located and fixed crosswise above said belt conveyor (9) to lift a length of the strip from the conveyor (9);
- and a cutting element (6) located on said fixed element (3), which operates at pre-set instants to generate metered portions (5) of meat for direct unloading in said containers;
- said fixed element (3) being provided with an initial angled section changing from a grazing crosswise position with respect to said conveyor (9) to a lifted position spaced from the conveyor (9);
- said angled section proceeding with a flat terminal section wherein a crosswise slot (22) is cut for allowing passage therethrough of said cutting element, said flat terminal section supporting and spacing out the strip (2) from the conveyor (9).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.