Slicing machine for foods

US5860343A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BIZERBA GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Koch · Geislingen, DE
• Viktor Fecker · Hechingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 1996
• Grant date: Jan 19, 1999
• Expiry date: Oct 16, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/9493
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A slicing machine for foods includes a circular knife with a peripheral cutting edge mounted rotatingly in a substantially vertical position on a machine housing. The knife defines a substantially vertical cutting plane. A knife protection ring is secured to the machine housing and surrounds a substantial portion of the cutting edge. A carriage for receiving a product to be cut is mounted on the housing on one side of the cutting plane for reciprocating movement in a direction parallel to the cutting plane. A scraper is arranged on an opposite side of the cutting plane to cover part of a face of the circular knife. The scraper is mounted pivotably about a pivot axis defined by a pivot bearing so as to be pivotable from an operating position to a cleaning position. The pivot axis is arranged above the center of the circular knife essentially horizontal and parallel to the cutting plane.