Cutting and calibrating device

Calibrating and cutting device for cutting cuttable foodstuffs into dice or strips, in particular for dividing meat, in particular raw meat, into dice or strip portions, having the following features:

• a mould tube (55) is provided for forming an advancement passage, in which the foodstuff product which is to be divided into portions can be conveyed onwards,
• in the advancement passage comprising the mould tube (55), in the end region of the mould tube (55), a blade gate arrangement (81) is provided, by which the foodstuff which is moved forwards can be cut into longitudinal strips, and
• downstream of the blade gate arrangement (81), as seen in the direction of advance, there is a blade arrangement (45) which can move transversely with respect to the blade gate arrangement (81), in order to cut the longitudinal strips of the foodstuff which is to be divided into portions into corresponding longitudinal-strip sections or dice,
• characterized by the following further features:
• a calibrating mould cavity (49) is provided beneath an outlet opening of the mould tube (55) and/or behind the blade gate arrangement (81), as seen in the direction of advance of the foodstuff which is to be divided into portions,
• the calibrating mould cavity (49), transversely to the direction of advance of the foodstuff which is to be divided into portions, has a dimension which at least substantially corresponds to the cross-sectional dimensions of the mould cavity,
• the depth of the calibrating mould cavity (49) corresponds to the length of the strips or dice of foodstuff which are to be divided into portions, and
• in the calibrating cavity (49) there are webs (83) which, in plan view, in terms of their arrangement and division, correspond to the arrangement and division of the blade gate (81) or rest behind the latter.