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US 8,122,801 B2Granted
Device for slicing food products
AssigneeWeber Maschinebau GmbH & Co. KG
InventorGunther Weber
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Abstract
A device for slicing food product having a conveyor which transports the food product toward a cutting edge. An air cushion is provided between an end of the conveyor and the cutting edge which elevates and guides the food product.
Claims7
An apparatus for the slicing of food products comprising an arrangement including at least one transport belt (2) for the supply of the respective product to be sliced in a fast cutting sequence to a cutting plane (7) in which a cutting knife orbits while adjoining a cutting edge forming the end of the product supply, the apparatus further comprising:
- a region (3) of a product supply device (1) being disposed between an end of the transport belt (2) carrying the product to be sliced;
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- a cutting edge (4) adjoining the cutting plane (7) and that is provided at least regionally with means for forming at least one air cushion between the product and at least one product-guiding surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.