Apparatus and method for slicing of food products

US8931382B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8931382-B2
Application numberUS-201113072120-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 25, 2011
Priority dateMar 25, 2010
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be sliced along a product feed direction through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves. The position of the cutting blade is adjustable relative to the product. A control unit is provided which is designed to automatically adjust the position of the cutting blade for the optimization of the blade wear.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method for slicing food products, comprising: feeding a product along a product feed direction by means of a product feed through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves in a rotary manner, a revolving manner, or a combination thereof; monitoring a quality of product slices generated as the at least one cutting blade slices the product; and automatically adjusting a position of the at least one cutting blade relative to the product ba…

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What does patent US8931382B2 cover?
An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be sliced along a product feed direction through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves. The position of the cutting blade is adjustable relative to the product. A control unit is provided which is designed to automatically adjust the position of the cutting blade for the optimization of t…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Weber Günther, Weber Maschb Gmbh
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B26D7/01. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).