Apparatus for slicing and arranging food products
First Claim
1. An apparatus for slicing food products (11) such as sausage, cheese, ham and the like, comprising:
- a product supply device (13), which supplies a product (11) to be sliced to a cutting plane (15) in which a cutting knife moves;
a support table (17) onto which the product slices cut off by means of the cutting plane fall, wherein the support table (17) is provided with a controllable motor drive (19, 21), which displaces the support table (17) relative to the falling product slices to form portions of any desired shape from a plurality of product slices; and
a formatting device is provided with a display device (23) on which product slices (25) can be realistically presented and which has a formatting function by means of which a user (27) can prepare any desired formats (29) from a plurality of product slices (25) on the display device (23) by moving virtual product slices, wherein the formatting device additionally has an evaluation device (31) which converts the positions of the product slices (25) forming a prepared format (29) on the display device (23) into control commands for the motor drive (19, 21) on the basis of which the motor drive (19, 21) displaces the support table (17) in dependence on the cutting speed such that portions are formed on the support table (17) in accordance with the format (29) prepared on the display device (23).
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Abstract
An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product supply device that supplies a product to a cutting plane and a support table, onto which the product slices fall. The support table is provided with a controllable motor drive that displaces the support table relative to the falling product slices to form portions of any desired shape from a plurality of product slices. A formatting device includes a display device, on which product slices can be realistically presented. A user can prepare any desired formats from a plurality of product slices using a format function on the display device. An evaluation device converts the positions of the product slices into control commands for the motor drive, on the basis of which the motor drive displaces the support table based on the cutting speed to form portions on the support table that correspond to the format prepared on the display device.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for slicing food products (11) such as sausage, cheese, ham and the like, comprising:
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a product supply device (13), which supplies a product (11) to be sliced to a cutting plane (15) in which a cutting knife moves; a support table (17) onto which the product slices cut off by means of the cutting plane fall, wherein the support table (17) is provided with a controllable motor drive (19, 21), which displaces the support table (17) relative to the falling product slices to form portions of any desired shape from a plurality of product slices; and a formatting device is provided with a display device (23) on which product slices (25) can be realistically presented and which has a formatting function by means of which a user (27) can prepare any desired formats (29) from a plurality of product slices (25) on the display device (23) by moving virtual product slices, wherein the formatting device additionally has an evaluation device (31) which converts the positions of the product slices (25) forming a prepared format (29) on the display device (23) into control commands for the motor drive (19, 21) on the basis of which the motor drive (19, 21) displaces the support table (17) in dependence on the cutting speed such that portions are formed on the support table (17) in accordance with the format (29) prepared on the display device (23). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A formatting apparatus and a cutting apparatus, for the slicing of food products (11), wherein the cutting apparatus comprises a product supply device (13) which supplies a product (11) to be sliced to a cutting plane (15) in which a cutting knife moves and a support table (17), onto which the product slices cut off by means of the cutting knife fall and which is provided with a controllable motor drive (19, 21), which displaces the support table (17) relative to the falling product slices to form portions of any desired shape from a plurality of product slices;
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wherein the formatting apparatus comprises; a formatting device (23) on which product slices (25) can be realistically presented and which has a formatting function by means of which a user (27) can prepare any desired formats (29) from a plurality of product slices (25) on the display device (23) by moving virtual product slices; and an evaluation device (31), which converts the positions of the product slices (25) forming a prepared format (29) on the display device (23) into control commands for the motor drive (19, 21) on the basis of which the motor drive (19, 21) displaces the support table (17) in dependence on the cutting speed such that portions are formed on the support table (17) in accordance with the format (29) prepared on the display device (23). - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of slicing food products (11) by means of a cutting apparatus, wherein a product (11) to be sliced is supplied to a cutting plane (15) in which a cutting knife is moved with the product slices cut off by means of the cutting knife falling onto a support table (17) which is provided with a controllable motor drive (19, 21) with which the support table (17) can be displaced relative to the falling product slices in order to form portions of any desired shape from a plurality of product slices, the method comprising:
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providing a realistic representation of product slices (25) on a display device (23); making available a formatting function by means of which a user (27) can prepare any desired formats (29) from a plurality of product slices (25) on the display device (23) by moving virtual product slices; converting positions of the product slices (25) forming a prepared format (29) on the display device (23) into control commands for the motor drive (19, 21); and controlling the motor drive (19, 21) for the displacement of the support table (17) such that portions are formed on the support table (17) which correspond to the format (29) prepared on the display device (23). - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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