IP Library Granted Patent US 12,246,467
Granted Patent B2
US 12,246,467 · App. 18/137,780 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Slicing apparatus

Inventors: Sigfrid Bauer (Groß Teetzleben, DE); Axel Zimansky (Neubrandenburg, DE)
Assignee: Weber Food Technology GmbH
B26D7/0641B26D7/0625B65G1/0464B65G1/07B65G1/08B65G17/123B65G17/34B65G21/2045B65G23/38B65G47/08B65G47/57B65G47/82B65G47/8807B26D2210/02B65G2203/0233
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Patent No.
US 12,246,467
App. No.
18/137,780
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices comprises a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged, wherein the feeding unit comprises a moving device that is configured to move the products into the cutting region, and wherein the moving device comprises a transporting member that is configured to apply a pressure onto an upper product side while the product is fed into the cutting region.

Claims (14)

1. A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices, the slicing apparatus comprising a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged,

wherein the feeding unit comprises a trimming cutter to cut off a part of the products during the feeding into the cutting region,

wherein the trimming cutter is arranged to cut the products along the feeding direction for cutting off the part of the products,

wherein a selection gap for sorting out the part of the product that has been cut off from the product is formed in the feeding unit,

wherein the selection gap is arranged subsequently, downstream to the trimming cutter in the feeding direction, such that the part of the product that has been cut off by the trimming cutter falls through the selection gap,

wherein the slicing apparatus comprises a scanning device that scans the products that are fed over the selection gap into the cutting region, wherein the scanning device is arranged to scan the products through the selection gap.

2. The slicing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the trimming cutter is arranged to cut product into several parts that are fed into the cutting region.

3. The slicing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the trimming cutter is arranged to cut off a part of the product that is unusable.

4. The slicing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the trimming cutter is adjustable perpendicularly to the feeding direction and in a plane parallel to the feeding direction.

5. The slicing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the feeding unit comprises a moving device with a first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt, wherein a belt transition between the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt forms the selection gap.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2025
From: WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY SE & CO. KG.
Reel/Frame 070447/0182 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 8, 2024
From: WEBER MASCHINENBAU GMBH BREIDENBACH
To: WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 067348/0534 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20188434 · Jul 29, 2020 · regional
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17835773 · Jun 8, 2022
Continuation 17385256 · Jul 26, 2021
Related Publication 20230249373A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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