Device for slicing of food products
AssigneeWeber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach
InventorGünther Weber
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Abstract
An apparatus for slicing food products, in particular sausage, meat or cheese, includes a product support for at least one product, a cutting blade which is disposed after the product support and to which the product can be supplied along a conveying direction, and at least one product holder movable along the conveying direction and cooperating with the product at least at times during the slicing procedure, wherein the product support has a loading zone which is disposed between a starting position and an end position of the product holder and in which the product support can be loaded with the product and wherein the product holder is movable from the end position back into the start position while bypassing the loading zone.
Claims8
An apparatus for slicing food products, comprising:
- a product support for at least one product;
- a cutting blade which is disposed after the product support and to which the product can be supplied along a conveying direction;
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- at least one product holder movable along the conveying direction and cooperating with the product at least at times during a slicing procedure,
- wherein the spacing between the product holder and the product support is adjustable during the slicing procedure;
- wherein the spacing is adjustable such that the product holder holds the product in contact with the product support during the slicing procedure;
- wherein the product holder is configured to be lowered for slicing a tapering rear end section of the product such that the product holder holds a lower side of the tapering rear end section of the product in contact with the product support during the slicing procedure;
- a control unit for the product holder;
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- a detection device for a product contour, wherein the control unit is connected to the detection device, and the control unit is adapted to control the product holder in accordance with a detected product contour of the product such that the spacing between the product holder and the product support is adjusted during the slicing procedure to hold the product in contact with the product support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.