Method, device and measuring device for cutting open foodstuff

US9272428B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA Food Solutions Germany GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ralf Müller · Geringswalde, DE
• Jörg Schmeiser · Wiggensbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 1, 2016
• Expiry date: Sep 30, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T83/929
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

New methods, devices and measuring devices for slicing food are required for solving problems that occur with existing methods and devices and/or for reacting to changes to the food product being sliced. The devices include a blade for slicing food comprising a blade edge and a recess. The recess has a center point and may be employed for mounting and centering the blade on a slicing device. At least one dimension, D, of the recess is a length or diameter of the recess and preferably is at least 140 mm and at most 450 mm. The blade edge preferably has a radius, R, measured from the blade edge to the center point of the recess. The ratio of R/D preferably is less than 2.0 for every point on the blade edge.