Loading apparatus

US11667050B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach

Inventors

• Sigfrid Bauer · Groß Teetzleben, DE
• Axel Zimansky · Neubrandenburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 8, 2022
• Grant date: Jun 6, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G2203/0233
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A loading apparatus for loading food products onto and/or into a slicing apparatus, in particular a high-speed slicer, comprises at least one magazine unit that includes a conveying means that endlessly circulates along a running direction. The conveying means is configured to lift the products to a transferring height at which the products can be transferred to the slicing apparatus and includes several product support surfaces, the product support surfaces being oriented essentially perpendicular to the running direction and positioned subsequently along the running direction with a space between each other. At least one product is loadable onto a respective product support surface for lifting the product to the transferring height.