Autonomously electromagnetic transport carrier of food portions

US10737403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach

Inventors

• Sigfrid Bauer · Groß Teetzleben, DE
• Alexander Burk · Solms, DE
• Christoph Eckhardt · Breidenbach, DE
• Theodor Horst · Lutherstadt Eisleben, DE
• Christoph Kuhmichel · Bad Laasphe, DE
• Stefan Lehmann · Tucson, US
• Gerd Lischinski · Schönbeck, DE
• Thomas Nispel · Steffenberg, DE
• Ingo Rother · Breidenbach, DE
• Jens Schröder · Neubrandenburg, DE
• Leopold Von Keudell · Unterschleißheim, DE
• Steffen Zecher · Staufenberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 22, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Oct 9, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2201/0202
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for moving portions, which each comprise at least one slice cut from a food product, in particular by means of a slicing device, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprising a plurality of individually movable transport movers each for at least one portion, a track system for the transport movers, in which track system the transport movers can be moved along at least one specified track in a transport direction, and a control apparatus for controlling the movements of the transport movers in the track system, wherein the transport movers each comprise at least one runner that interacts with the track system and at least one carrier for at least one portion, the at least one carrier being attached to the runner by means of a retainer, and wherein the drive for each transport mover is formed by the runner and the track system, which together form an electromagnetic drive for the transport mover.