EP0116294B1 - Dispositif de réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches dans des tranchoirs - Google Patents

Dispositif de réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches dans des tranchoirs Download PDF

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EP0116294B1
EP0116294B1 EP84100277A EP84100277A EP0116294B1 EP 0116294 B1 EP0116294 B1 EP 0116294B1 EP 84100277 A EP84100277 A EP 84100277A EP 84100277 A EP84100277 A EP 84100277A EP 0116294 B1 EP0116294 B1 EP 0116294B1
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Albrecht Maurer
Alois Butz
Klaus Koch
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Bizerba SE and Co KG
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/01—Means for holding or positioning work
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
    • B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
    • B26D1/12—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis
    • B26D1/14—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
    • B26D1/143—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter rotating about a stationary axis
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D2210/00—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials
    • B26D2210/02—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials for cutting food products, e.g. food slicers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D5/00—Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/647—With means to convey work relative to tool station
    • Y10T83/6492—Plural passes of diminishing work piece through tool station
    • Y10T83/6499—Work rectilinearly reciprocated through tool station
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T83/00—Cutting
    • Y10T83/748—With work immobilizer
    • Y10T83/7593—Work-stop abutment
    • Y10T83/76—With scale or indicator

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  • the invention relates to a device for adjusting the cutting thickness in slicers according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • a device of this kind is known from GB-A-669 227.
  • no means are provided by means of which the parallelism of the application and cutting plane can be set.
  • the parallelism of these levels is the prerequisite for easy adjustability and uniform pane thickness over the entire circumference of the pane.
  • a slicer 1 includes a machine frame 2 on which a circular knife 3 is rotatably mounted.
  • a motor, not shown, enclosed by a housing part 4 drives the circular knife 3 in rotation.
  • a stop plate 5 has a flat contact surface 6 running parallel to the cutting plane of the circular knife 3. The distance of the contact surface 6 from the cutting plane of the circular knife determines the slice thickness or cutting thickness of the machine.
  • the material to be cut into slices is placed on a carriage 7, which is slidable in a known manner parallel to the cutting plane of the circular knife 3 (and perpendicular to the drawing plane of FIG. 2).
  • the material to be cut (not shown) is fed to the rotating circular knife 3 lying on the carriage 7 and held in abutment with the contact surface 6 of the stop plate 5.
  • the stop plate 5 is rigidly connected to a guide axis 9 by a holding flange 8.
  • the guide axis 9 is supported on the one hand when it exits the machine frame 2 by a first joint bearing 11 and on the other hand in the interior of the housing by a second joint bearing 12 so as to be axially displaceable.
  • These spherical bearings 11, 12 are bearings which slidely receive the guide axis 9 and which, in turn, are supported on the machine frame 2 in such a way that they can be pivoted universally, which can be done, for example, by spherical, complementarily designed surfaces.
  • the pivot bearing 11, apart from its pivotability on the machine frame 2, cannot be adjusted further.
  • the spherical bearing 12 can be adjusted in two directions X and Y (FIGS. 3 and 4) which run radially to the guide axis and are essentially perpendicular to one another.
  • X and Y (FIGS. 3 and 4)
  • the guide axis 9 and the other spherical bearing 11 supporting it pivot, thereby ultimately allowing the parallelism of the stop plate 5 and circular knife 3 to be adjusted, as will be described below.
  • the spherical plain bearing 12 is installed in a bearing block 13 which is fixed in the machine frame 2 by means of two threaded bolts 14, 15 and adjusting nuts 16, 17 and 18, 19 seated thereon.
  • the nuts 16, 18 designed as knurled nuts serve as the actual adjusting nuts, the nuts 17, 19 are lock nuts.
  • the threaded bolts 14, 15 engage in elongated holes 21 and 22 (FIG. 3) provided laterally on the bearing block 13.
  • the elongated holes 21, 22 run in the X direction, the threaded bolts 14, 15 in the Y direction.
  • the bearing block 13 and the pivot bearing 12 pivotally supported by it can be displaced in the X direction.
  • the threaded bolts 14, 15 are seated essentially vertically in the machine frame 2.
  • the guide axis 9 and thus the stop plate 5 perform an angular movement around the center of the spherical bearing 11, so that within a certain range any parallelism deviation between the cutting plane of the circular knife 3 and the Contact surface 6 of the stop plate 5 can be compensated. Due to the pivotability of the spherical bearing 12 in the bearing block 13, tilting of the guide axis 9 in the receiving bores of the spherical bearings 11 and 12 is prevented.
  • the setting of the cutting thickness ie the setting of the distance between the circular knife 3 and the stop plate 5 is carried out by moving the guide axis 9 rigidly connected to the stop plate 5 in the longitudinal direction thereof within the spherical bearings 11, 12.
  • the guide axis 9 is supported against rotation on a bar 24 fixed to the frame (FIG. 4).
  • the end of the boom facing the bar 24 23 is designed as a fork 25 and encloses the free edge of the bar 24 from above and below, this end of the boom being slidably guided on the bar 24.
  • a set screw 26 is used to set the sliding guide without play.
  • the end of the boom 23 facing away from the strip 24 has a driving pin 27 which is in a spiral groove 28 of a disc 29 engages.
  • the disk 29 is rotatably mounted on a wall of the machine frame 2 and is connected in a rotationally locking manner to a handle 31 provided on the outside of the machine frame 2.
  • the strip 24 is supported on the one hand in a pivotable manner at 32 (FIG. 3) and on the other hand can be locked in and locked by a knurled nut 33 and a lock nut 34 (FIG. 4).
  • a knurled nut 33 and a lock nut 34 (FIG. 4).
  • a first setting of the stop plate 5 is shown with solid and a second setting of this plate with dash-dotted lines.
  • the arrangement described can be used both for slicers with vertically arranged and those with oblique circular knives.

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Claims (4)

1. Dispositif de réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches dans les machines à trancher de charcuterie ayant un bâti de machine (2), un couteau circulaire (3) rotatif monté tournant dans ce bâti, un chariot (7) pouvant effectuer un mouvement de va-et-vient sur le bâti de machine pour la pose et le déplacement du produit à trancher et une plaque de butée (5) présentant une surface d'appui (6) plane pour le produit à trancher, réglable en position par, rapport au couteau circulaire pour le réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches, la plaque de butée (5) étant fixée rigidement à un axe de guidage (9) pouvant coulisser en sens substantiellement transversal par rapport à sa surface d'appui (6), et l'axe de guidage (9) pouvant glisser en sens axial dans deux paliers de coulissement appliqués contre le bâti de machine (2) et étant calé en rotation par un bras (23) qui lui est fixé rigidement, qui glisse sur le bâti de machine (2) et sur lequel agit un dispositif (28, 29, 31) pour le réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches, caractérisé en ce que les paliers de coulissement sont des paliers à coussinets pivotants (11, 12) et, pour assurer le parallélisme de la plaque de butée (5) et du couteau circulaire (3), l'un des paliers de coulissement (12) est réglable en position dans deux directions (X, Y) substantiellement en sens radial par rapport à l'axe de guidage (9).
2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le palier réglable en position à coussinet pivotant (12) est intégré à un support de palier (13) qui est guidé à l'aide de trous oblongs (21, 22) par deux boulons (14, 15) dans l'une des directions (X) et il est réglable en position dans l'autre direction (Y) au moyen d'écrous de réglage (16, 17, 18, 19) montés sur ces boulons.
3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2 caractérisé en ce que le bras (23) s'appuie pendant le glissement, au moyen d'une fourche (25), sur une barre (24) réglable en position dans la direction radiale (Y).
4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif pour le réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches comprend une poignée tournante (31) et un disque (29) calé en rotation avec cette poignée et ayant une rainure en spirale (28) dans laquelle est engagée une broche (27) de déplacement du bras (23).
EP84100277A 1983-02-10 1984-01-12 Dispositif de réglage de l'épaisseur des tranches dans des tranchoirs Expired EP0116294B1 (fr)

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AT84100277T ATE27783T1 (de) 1983-02-10 1984-01-12 Vorrichtung zur einstellung der schnittstaerke bei aufschnitt-schneidemaschinen.

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