EP1857233A1 - A device for the automatic cutting of bread into slices - Google Patents

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EP1857233A1
EP1857233A1 EP06009945A EP06009945A EP1857233A1 EP 1857233 A1 EP1857233 A1 EP 1857233A1 EP 06009945 A EP06009945 A EP 06009945A EP 06009945 A EP06009945 A EP 06009945A EP 1857233 A1 EP1857233 A1 EP 1857233A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
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    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
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    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
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    • B26HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
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  • Such manipulation therefore requires the user to focus his attention on the cutting operation for its duration, to lean forward to see the portion of the bread to be grasped, and to remain in this uncomfortable position until the end of the cutting operation.
  • this manipulation can be dangerous insofar as the user would introduce his hands too forward to the set of blades and then make them come into contact with them, with the risk of injury that may result, in especially in young children, for whom the cutting of a bread by such a device can represent a fun game.
  • the automated sliced bread cutters are each more equipped with lids for covering the bread discharge compartment and arranged in such a way that so that the cut stops as soon as this lid is no longer closed.
  • a second motor (not shown) actuating the pusher 5 of the device shown in Figure 1 is coupled to a third means (not shown) arranged to determine the distance between the pusher 5 of the blade assembly 4 when this pusher 5 comes into contact with the bread to be cut, and to put into operation the first motor to cause the displacement of the first pallets 6a, 6b from their first position b1 to their second position b2 when the pusher 5 has then traveled a predetermined fraction of this distance and the device comprises a fourth means arranged to put back into operation the first motor to cause the displacement of said first pallets 6a, 6b in the opposite direction when the cut bread is removed from the compartment of unloading 3.
  • a device according to the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2a, 2b, 3a and 3b behaves as follows: A user disposes a bread to be cut in the loading compartment 2 and turns on the device, this which causes the movement of back and forth of the blade assembly 4 and the operation of the second motor controlling the pusher 5. The bread is pushed towards the set of blades 4 and when a predetermined fraction of the bread is cut and emerges in the unloading compartment 2, the operation of the first motor actuating the first means 9 is engaged, either by a first switch or by a third means as described above and the vanes 6a and 6b move from their first positions b1 to their respective second positions b2.
  • a first pallet 6a may come into contact with the cut bread before the other first pallet 6b.
  • the displacement of this first pallet 6a, retained by the bread can be interrupted, while that of the other first pallet 6b continues; also causing the first means 9 to slide in the rail 10.
  • the operation of the first motor is interrupted, for example by a first set of two switches of which each is disposed at one face of a first pallet 6a, 6b different inside the device. The cutting of the bread can then be completed, without the slices can deviate from each other after cutting, whatever the position of the bread in the load compartment 2 and therefore in that of unloading.
  • the user removes bread from the unloading compartment 3, this withdrawal causing, thanks to the first switch or to a fourth means as described above, the startup of the first motor in the opposite direction of its initial operation and spacing the first pallets 6a, 6b from their respective positions b2 to their respective positions b1, on each lateral side of the unloading compartment 3.
  • the interruption of the operation of the first motor is controlled for example by a second set of two switches each disposed at a lateral side different from said compartment, so that operation is interrupted only once e each first pallet has engaged a switch of said second set. If a first pallet engages one before the other first pallet, only the latter continues its movement, also causing that of the first means 9 in the rail 10, until the other first pallet has also engaged a switch of the second set .

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The device (1) has a loading compartment (2) and an unloading compartment (3), and blades (4) arranged parallel to each other between the compartments. A push button (5) is arranged to be displaced in the compartment (2). Pallets are connected to a displacement unit (9) to displace each pallet in the compartment (3) parallel to its base and transversal to displacement direction of the button between two positions. Each pallet is contiguous to a lateral edge of the base and enters in contact with the bread during its cutting in the respective positions.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de découpe automatisée de pains en tranches.
Des dispositifs de découpe automatisée de pains en tranches sont bien connus. On les rencontre dans la plupart des boulangeries artisanales et également en grandes surfaces. Ces dispositifs, ou trancheuses automatiques de pains fonctionnent selon le principe suivant: L'utilisateur du dispositif y introduit le pain qu'il désire couper en tranches en le plaçant dans un compartiment de chargement. Ce compartiment est traditionnellement disposé entre un poussoir du pain et un ensemble de lames parallèles destinées à trancher ledit pain. L'utilisateur met ensuite le dispositif en marche en enclenchant l'interrupteur prévu à cet effet, ce qui entraîne la mise en mouvement alternatif de va-et-vient des lames et en mouvement de translation transversalement à la direction des lames du poussoir. Le pain est dès lors déplacé par ce poussoir en direction des lames et la découpe commence lorsqu'il entre en contact avec ces dernières. L'utilisateur récupère son pain découpé en tranches dans un compartiment de déchargement disposé du côté des lames opposé à celui où est disposé le compartiment de chargement du pain dans le dispositif. Il ne reste plus alors à cet utilisateur qu'à emballer le pain découpé.
Un problème rencontré avec ce type de dispositif est que les tranches de pain ont tendance en cours de découpe de ce dernier et encore davantage une fois que celle-ci est terminée, à s'écarter les unes des autres, de sorte qu'il est alors difficile pour l'utilisateur de les rassembler afin de procéder à l'emballage du pain découpé. Ce problème oblige l'utilisateur à guetter la partie tranchée du pain qui en cours de découpe émerge de l'ensemble de lames dans le compartiment de déchargement et à saisir manuellement cette partie tranchée par ses extrémités de part et d'autre de l'ensemble de tranches pour éviter qu'elles ne s'écartent les unes des autres, et ce jusqu'à la fin de l'opération de découpe. Une telle manipulation demande donc à l'utilisateur de focaliser son attention sur l'opération de découpe pendant toute sa durée, de se pencher en avant pour apercevoir la partie du pain à saisir, et de rester dans cette position inconfortable jusqu'à la fin de l'opération de découpe. En outre, cette manipulation peut être dangereuse dans la mesure où l'utilisateur introduirait ses mains trop avant vers l'ensemble de lames et les ferait dès lors entrer en contact de celles-ci, avec les risques de blessures que cela peut entraîner, en particulier chez de jeunes enfants, pour qui la découpe d'un pain par un tel dispositif peut représenter un jeu amusant. D'autre part, en vue de répondre à des normes officielles de sécurité de plus en plus strictes, les dispositif de découpe automatisée de pain en tranches sont chaque jour davantage munis de couvercles destinés à recouvrir le compartiment de décharge du pain et agencés de telle sorte que la découpe s'interrompt dès que ce couvercle n'est plus fermé. Dès lors, il n'est plus permis à l'utilisateur de saisir le pain en cours de découpe pour éviter que les tranches qui le constituent ne s'écartent les unes des autres tant que cette découpe n'est pas entièrement terminée, c'est-à-dire à un moment où les tranches se sont déjà bel et bien écartées. La généralisation de l'utilisation de tels couvercles de protection rend donc nécessaire de trouver des moyens alternatifs à une manipulation du pain en cours de découpe par l'utilisateur pour empêcher que les tranches de ce pain ne puissent s'écarter les unes des autres.
Il a été proposé diverses solutions à ce problème. Par exemple, il est connu de disposer latéralement dans le compartiment de décharge du pain, verticalement de part et d'autre de l'ensemble de lames, un ensemble de lames de plastic semi-rigides orientée obliquement relativement à l'ensemble de lames, vers l'avant du compartiment de déchargement. Lorsque le pain émerge de cet ensemble de lames dans le compartiment, il entre en contact de chacun des ensembles de lames de plastic, qui se déforment pour s'adapter à la forme du pain découpé et dès lors exercent une pression de part et d'autre du pain, chacun en sens inverse et transversalement aux plans de découpe des tranches de pain. De la sorte, l'ensemble de tranches tend à être maintenu en place. Un tel système présente néanmoins des inconvénients. Tout d'abord, la flexibilité des lames de plastic n'est pas modifiable, me même que leur orientation au repos. Dès lors, selon la taille et la souplesse du pain à découper, elles peuvent soit ne pas suffire à éviter que ses tranches ne s'écartent les unes des autres en cours ou après découpe, soit rendre difficile la préhension du pain découpé par l'utilisateur une fois la découpe terminée.
Un autre système a également été proposé, constitué d'un rideau de tiges rigides suspendues à un rail et pouvant se déplacer librement perpendiculairement à celui-ci. Un tel rideau étant disposé verticalement dans le compartiment de décharge du pain, parallèlement à l'ensemble de lames et à une certaine distance de celui-ci. Lors de la sortie du pain dans le compartiment de décharge en cours de découpe, les tiges qu'il rencontre sont relevées sur son passages par la pression qu'il leur applique alors que celles se trouvant de part et d'autre du pain et que celui-ci ne touche pas conservent leur position verticale et de la sorte le retiennent de part et d'autre de ses deux tranches les plus extérieures, empêchant de la sorte les tranches de s'écarter les unes des autres. Un tel système présente cependant également des inconvénients. Notamment, la distance entre le rideau de tiges rigides et l'ensemble de lames du dispositif de découpe étant fixe, cette distance peut être excessive pour retenir convenablement un pain découpé de petite taille, ou au contraire insuffisante pour en retenir convenablement un de grande taille. De plus, dès lors qu'une partie des tiges du rideau se trouvent relevées par le passage du pain, elles présentent leurs pointes en direction de l'utilisateur, ce qui peut constituer un danger de blessure éventuelle, particulièrement à nouveau en ce qui concerne les enfants.
The present invention relates to an automated cutting device sliced breads.
Automated cutting devices for sliced breads are well known. They are found in most bakeries and also in supermarkets. These devices, or automatic bread slicers operate according to the following principle: The user of the device introduces the bread he wants to cut into slices by placing it in a loading compartment. This compartment is traditionally arranged between a bread pusher and a set of parallel blades for slicing said bread. The user then starts the device by engaging the switch provided for this purpose, which causes the reciprocating movement of reciprocating blades and translation movement transversely to the direction of the blades of the pusher. The bread is then moved by this pusher in the direction of the blades and cutting begins when it comes in contact with them. The user retrieves his sliced bread in an unloading compartment disposed on the side of the blades opposite to that where the bread loading compartment is placed in the device. This user then only has to pack the cut bread.
A problem encountered with this type of device is that bread slices have a tendency to cut the latter and even more once it is finished, to deviate from each other, so it is then difficult for the user to collect them to proceed with the packaging of the cut bread. This problem obliges the user to watch for the sliced portion of the bread being cut emerging from the set of blades in the unloading compartment and to manually enter this sliced portion by its ends on both sides of the set of slices to prevent them from deviating from one another until the end of the cutting operation. Such manipulation therefore requires the user to focus his attention on the cutting operation for its duration, to lean forward to see the portion of the bread to be grasped, and to remain in this uncomfortable position until the end of the cutting operation. In addition, this manipulation can be dangerous insofar as the user would introduce his hands too forward to the set of blades and then make them come into contact with them, with the risk of injury that may result, in especially in young children, for whom the cutting of a bread by such a device can represent a fun game. On the other hand, in order to meet increasingly stringent safety standards, the automated sliced bread cutters are each more equipped with lids for covering the bread discharge compartment and arranged in such a way that so that the cut stops as soon as this lid is no longer closed. Therefore, it is no longer allowed the user to enter the bread being cut to prevent the slices that constitute it deviate from each other until this cut is not completely completed, it that is, at a time when the slices have already moved away. The generalization of the use of such protective covers therefore makes it necessary to find alternative means for handling the bread being cut by the user to prevent the slices of this bread can deviate from each other.
Various solutions to this problem have been proposed. For example, it is known to dispose laterally in the bread discharge compartment, vertically on either side of the set of blades, a set of semi-rigid plastic blades oriented obliquely relative to the set of blades, forward of unloading compartment. When the bread emerges from this set of blades in the compartment, it comes into contact with each of the sets of plastic blades, which deform to fit the shape of the cut bread and therefore exert a pressure of share and bread, each in the opposite direction and transversely to the cutting planes of the slices of bread. In this way, the set of slices tends to be held in place. Such a system nevertheless has disadvantages. First of all, the flexibility of the plastic blades is not modifiable, even their orientation at rest. Therefore, depending on the size and flexibility of the bread to be cut, they may either not be enough to prevent its slices from deviating from each other during or after cutting, or make it difficult to grip the bread cut by the user after cutting is complete.
Another system has also been proposed, consisting of a curtain of rigid rods suspended from a rail and being able to move freely perpendicular thereto. Such a curtain being disposed vertically in the bread discharge compartment, parallel to the blade assembly and at a distance therefrom. When the bread comes out in the discharge compartment being cut, the stems it encounters are raised on its passages by the pressure it applies to them while those on both sides of the bread and that This one does not touch keep their vertical position and in this way hold it on both sides of its two outermost slices, thus preventing the slices from moving apart from each other. Such a system, however, also has disadvantages. In particular, the distance between the curtain of rigid rods and the set of blades of the cutting device being fixed, this distance may be excessive to properly retain a small cut bread, or otherwise insufficient to properly retain a large size . Moreover, since a part of the curtain rods are raised by the passage of the bread, they present their points in the direction of the user, which may constitute a danger of possible injury, especially again with regard to children.

La présente invention résout les problèmes susmentionnés en offrant un dispositif de découpe automatisée d'un pain en tranches, comprenant un bâti, un compartiment de chargement dans le dispositif d'un pain à découper et un compartiment de déchargement du dispositif du pain découpé, comportant chacun une base sensiblement plane, le dispositif comprenant en outre un ensemble de lames de découpe du pain agencées sensiblement parallèlement les unes aux autres entre lesdits compartiments de chargement et de déchargement et un poussoir agencé pour être déplacé dans le compartiment de chargement entre une première position dans laquelle un pain peut être introduit dans ce compartiment et une seconde position adjacente à l'ensemble des lames, dans laquelle le pain découpé peut être retiré du compartiment de déchargement, comprenant également au moins une première palette connectée à un premier moyen agencée pour déplacer chaque palette dans le compartiment de déchargement, sensiblement parallèlement à sa base et transversalement au sens de déplacement du poussoir, entre une première position dans laquelle chaque palette est contiguë à un bord latéral de ladite base et une seconde position dans laquelle chaque palette entre en contact avec le pain au cours de sa découpe.The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing an automated slice cake cutter comprising a frame, a load compartment in the device of a slicer and an unloading compartment of the sliced bread device, comprising each a substantially flat base, the device further comprising a set of bread cutting blades arranged substantially parallel to each other between said loading and unloading compartments and a pusher arranged to be moved into the loading compartment between a first position wherein a bread can be introduced into this compartment and a second position adjacent to all of the blades, wherein the cut bread can be removed from the unloading compartment, also comprising at least a first pallet connected to a first means arranged to move each pallet in the compartment of unloading, substantially parallel to its base and transversely to the direction of movement of the pusher, between a first position in which each pallet is contiguous to a lateral edge of said base and a second position in which each pallet comes into contact with the bread during its cut.

Grâce à chaque première palette connectée à un premier moyen agencée pour déplacer chaque palette dans le compartiment de déchargement, sensiblement parallèlement à sa base et transversalement au sens de déplacement du poussoir, entre une première position dans laquelle chaque palette est contiguë à un bord latéral de ladite base et une seconde position dans laquelle chaque palette entre en contact avec le pain au cours de sa découpe, contact maintenu après découpe, le pain est retenu latéralement par la palette qui entre à son contact, ce qui empêche ses tranches de s'écarter les unes des autres. Le déplacement de chaque palette s'effectuant depuis sa position initiale jusqu'à ce qu'elle entre eu contact du pain en cours de découpe, celui-ci est maintenu quelque soit sa taille ou sa souplesse et sans aucun danger pour l'utilisateur, contrairement aux systèmes antérieurs.With each first pallet connected to a first means arranged to move each pallet in the unloading compartment, substantially parallel to its base and transversely to the direction of movement of the pusher, between a first position in which each pallet is contiguous to a lateral edge of said base and a second position in which each pallet comes into contact with the bread during its cutting, maintained contact after cutting, the bread is held laterally by the pallet which comes into contact with it, which prevents its slices from moving apart from each other. The movement of each pallet being effected from its initial position until it comes into contact with bread being cut, it is maintained regardless of its size or flexibility and without any danger for the user, unlike previous systems.

L'invention va à présent être décrite plus en détails en se rapportant aux figures jointes, représentant de manière non limitative, différents modes de réalisation de cette invention et dans lesquelles:

  • La figure 1 représente en coupe verticale un dispositif selon l'invention,
  • les figures 2a et 2b sont des vues de face d'une partie du dispositif représenté à la figure 1, selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention,
  • les figures 3a et 3b sont des vues du dessus de la partie de dispositif représentée aux figures 2a et 2b,
  • les figures 4a et 4b sont des vues de face de la partie de dispositif représentée aux figures 2a et 2b, selon un second mode de réalisation de l'invention.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the attached figures, showing in a nonlimiting manner, various embodiments of this invention and in which:
  • FIG. 1 represents in vertical section a device according to the invention,
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b are front views of a part of the device represented in FIG. 1, according to a first embodiment of the invention,
  • FIGS. 3a and 3b are views from above of the device part shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b,
  • Figures 4a and 4b are front views of the device portion shown in Figures 2a and 2b, according to a second embodiment of the invention.

En se rapportant à la figure 1, est représenté un dispositif 1 de découpe automatisée d'un pain en tranches selon l'invention, comprenant un bâti 1a, un compartiment 2 de chargement dans le dispositif d'un pain à découper et un compartiment 3 de déchargement du dispositif du pain découpé, comportant chacun une base 2a, 3a sensiblement plane, le dispositif comprenant en outre un ensemble de lames 4 de découpe du pain agencées sensiblement parallèlement les unes aux autres entre lesdits compartiments de chargement 2 et de déchargement 3 et un poussoir 5 agencé pour être déplacé dans le compartiment de chargement entre une première position a1 dans laquelle un pain peut être introduit dans ce compartiment et une seconde position a2 adjacente à l'ensemble des lames, dans laquelle le pain découpé peut être retiré du compartiment de déchargement 3.
En se rapportant à la même figure ainsi qu'aux figures 2a et 2b, l'on voit que le dispositif comprend en outre au moins une première palette, en l'occurrence deux 6a, 6b connectée à un premier moyen 9 agencée pour déplacer chaque palette dans le compartiment de déchargement, sensiblement parallèlement à sa base et transversalement au sens de déplacement du poussoir, selon la direction respective indiquée par les flèches sur la figure 2a, entre une première position b1 dans laquelle chaque palette est contiguë à un bord latéral de ladite base et une seconde position b2 dans laquelle chaque palette entre en contact avec le pain au cours de sa découpe. Le premier moyen 9 est agencé pour pouvoir coulisser librement dans un rail 10 fixé au bâti 1a sous la base 3a du compartiment de déchargement 3, sensiblement parallèlement à l'ensemble de lames 4.
En se rapportant aux figures 3a et 3b, l'on voit que le premier moyen 9 comprend au moins une crémaillère, en l'occurrence deux 9a, 9b, chaque crémaillère étant fixée à une première palette 6a, 6b différente, une roue dentée 9c dont les dents coopèrent avec celles de chaque crémaillère 9a, 9b et un premier moteur (non représenté) agencé pour entraîner la roue dentée 9c dans un mouvement de rotation selon les flèches courbes sur la figure 3a, dont le sens détermine le rapprochement ou l'écartement des premières palettes 6a, 6b l'une de l'autre, pour déplacer chacune de ces premières palettes 6a, 6b entre sa première b1 et sa deuxième b2 position respective, selon les directions indiquées par les flèches rectilignes sur la figure 3a.
Alternativement, chaque crémaillère 9a, 9b peut être remplacée par un rail et la roue dentée 9c par une roue lisse coopérant avec chaque rail, de manière telle qu'un mouvement de rotation de ladite roue lisse entraîne un mouvement de translation de chaque rail.
Le dispositif comprend également un deuxième moyen (non représenté) couplé au premier moteur et agencé pour provoquer l'interruption du fonctionnement dudit moteur lorsque chacune des premières palettes 6a, 6b est arrivée à sa première b1 ou seconde b2 position. Ce deuxième moyen peut être par exemple constitué d'une part d'un premier ensemble de deux interrupteurs dont chacun est placé au niveau de la face d'une palette différente intérieure au dispositif, de sorte que le fonctionnement du premier moteur est interrompu lorsque chaque palette est entrée en contact dans sa position b2 respective avec le pain tranché, cette entrée en contact provoquant l'enclenchement d'un des interrupteurs du premier ensemble dont question et d'autre part d'un second ensemble de deux interrupteurs dont chacun est disposé au niveau d'un côté latéral différent du compartiment de déchargement du pain tranché de sorte que le fonctionnement du premier moteur est interrompu lorsque chaque palette est entrée en contact dans sa position b1 respective avec un desdits côtés, provoquant l'enclenchement d'un des interrupteurs du second ensemble dont question. Tout autre moyen alternatif que l'homme du métier pourra utiliser afin d'assurer l'interruption du fonctionnement du premier moteur lorsque les palettes sont arrivées dans leurs positions respectives b1 et b2 pourra bien entendu être utilisé selon l'invention.
Le dispositif selon l'invention comprend également un premier interrupteur 11 agencé pour mettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur lorsqu'il est enclenché par le pain au cours de sa découpe, de telle sorte à déplacer chaque première palette 6a, 6b de sa première position b1 vers sa seconde position b2 et pour remettre en fonctionnement ledit moteur lorsque le premier interrupteur est déclenché par le retrait du pain découpé du compartiment de déchargement 3, de telle sorte à déplacer chaque première palette 6a, 6b de sa seconde position b2 vers sa première position b1. Ledit premier interrupteur 11 est disposé au niveau de la base du compartiment de déchargement 3, à une distance prédéterminée de l'ensemble de lames 4. Alternativement, ce premier interrupteur peut comprendre une source lumineuse disposée d'un côté latéral du compartiment de déchargement du pain découpé et une cellule photoélectrique disposée de l'autre côté latéral de ce compartiment et agencée pour recevoir le faisceau lumineux émis par ladite source, de sorte à mettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur lorsque le faisceau est interrompu par la présence du pain découpé dans le compartiment de déchargement et à l'enclencher à nouveau lorsque ledit faisceau est rétabli par le retrait du pain découpé de ce compartiment. Tout autre moyen équivalent de mise en fonctionnement du premier moteur à la portée de l'homme du métier peut également être utilisé selon l'invention.
Alternativement au premier interrupteur, un deuxième moteur (non représenté) actionnant le poussoir 5 du dispositif représenté à la figure 1 est couplé à un troisième moyen (non représenté) agencé pour déterminer la distance séparant le poussoir 5 de l'ensemble de lames 4 lorsque ce poussoir 5 entre au contact du pain à découper, et pour mettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur pour provoquer le déplacement des premières palettes 6a, 6b depuis leur première position b1 vers leur seconde position b2 lorsque le poussoir 5 a ensuite parcouru une fraction prédéterminée de cette distance et le dispositif comprend un quatrième moyen agencé pour remettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur pour provoquer le déplacement desdites premières palettes 6a, 6b en sens inverse lorsque le pain découpé est retiré du compartiment de déchargement 3. cette configuration permet au dispositif de s'adapter automatiquement à tout type de pain, quelque soit sa forme ou sa taille, Le troisième moyen est par exemple agencé pour mesurer l'intensité du courant consommé par le deuxième moteur, et pour déterminer ladite distance lorsque cette intensité atteint une valeur prédéterminée, caractéristique de l'entrée du poussoir 5 au contact du pain.
Dans un autre mode de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention, illustré aux figures 4a et 4b, les compartiments de chargement 2 et de déchargement 3 du pain comprennent chacun une paroi latérale 7a (non représentée), 7b inclinée d'un angle d'au moins 90° relativement à leur base respective 2a, 3a et le dispositif comprend une seule première palette 6a et est agencé de sorte que la première position b1 de cette première palette 6a est contiguë au bord latéral de la base 3a du compartiment de déchargement opposé à ladite paroi latérale 7b.
Referring to Figure 1, there is shown a device 1 for automated cutting of a sliced bread according to the invention, comprising a frame 1a, a load compartment 2 in the device of a bread to be cut and a compartment 3 unloading device cut bread, each having a substantially planar base 2a, 3a, the device further comprising a set of cutting blades 4 of the bread arranged substantially parallel to each other between said loading compartments 2 and unloading 3 and a pusher 5 arranged to be moved in the load compartment between a first position a1 in which a bread can be introduced into this compartment and a second position a2 adjacent the blade assembly, wherein the cut bread can be removed from the unloading compartment 3.
Referring to the same figure and to Figures 2a and 2b, it can be seen that the device further comprises at least one first pallet, in this case two 6a, 6b connected to a first means 9 arranged to move each pallet in the unloading compartment, substantially parallel to its base and transversely to the direction of movement of the pusher, in the respective direction indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2a, between a first position b1 in which each pallet is contiguous with a lateral edge of said base and a second position b2 in which each pallet comes into contact with the bread during its cutting. The first means 9 is arranged to be able to slide freely in a rail 10 fixed to the frame 1a under the base 3a of the unloading compartment 3, substantially parallel to the set of blades 4.
Referring to Figures 3a and 3b, we see that the first means 9 comprises at least one rack, in this case two 9a, 9b, each rack being fixed to a first pallet 6a, 6b different, a toothed wheel 9c whose teeth cooperate with those of each rack 9a, 9b and a first motor (not shown) arranged to drive the toothed wheel 9c in a rotational movement according to the curved arrows in Figure 3a, whose direction determines the approximation or the spacing the first pallets 6a, 6b from each other, to move each of these first pallets 6a, 6b between its first b1 and its second b2 respective position, according to the directions indicated by the straight arrows in Figure 3a.
Alternatively, each rack 9a, 9b can be replaced by a rail and the toothed wheel 9c by a smooth wheel cooperating with each rail, so that a rotational movement of said smooth wheel causes a translational movement of each rail.
The device also comprises a second means (not shown) coupled to the first motor and arranged to cause the interruption of operation of said motor when each of the first pallets 6a, 6b has arrived at its first b1 or second b2 position. This second means may for example consist of a first set of two switches each of which is placed at the level of the face of a different pallet inside the device, so that the operation of the first motor is interrupted when each pallet is contacted in its respective position b2 with the sliced bread, this input contact causing the engagement of one of the switches of the first set question question and secondly of a second set of two switches each of which is arranged at a different lateral side of the unloading compartment of the sliced bread so that the operation of the first motor is interrupted when each pallet is contacted in its respective position b1 with one of said sides, causing the engagement of one of the switches of the second set of question. Any other alternative means that the skilled person can use to ensure the interruption of operation of the first motor when the pallets have arrived in their respective positions b1 and b2 can of course be used according to the invention.
The device according to the invention also comprises a first switch 11 arranged to put into operation the first motor when it is engaged by the bread during its cutting, so that moving each first pallet 6a, 6b from its first position b1 to its second position b2 and to restart said motor when the first switch is triggered by removing the cut bread from the unloading compartment 3, so as to move each first pallet 6a, 6b from its second position b2 to its first position b1. Said first switch 11 is disposed at the level of the base of the unloading compartment 3, at a predetermined distance from the set of blades 4. Alternatively, this first switch may comprise a light source arranged on a lateral side of the unloading compartment. cut bread and a photoelectric cell disposed on the other lateral side of this compartment and arranged to receive the light beam emitted by said source, so as to put into operation the first motor when the beam is interrupted by the presence of the bread cut in the unloading compartment and engage it again when said beam is restored by removing the cut bread from this compartment. Any other equivalent means of operating the first motor within the reach of those skilled in the art can also be used according to the invention.
Alternatively to the first switch, a second motor (not shown) actuating the pusher 5 of the device shown in Figure 1 is coupled to a third means (not shown) arranged to determine the distance between the pusher 5 of the blade assembly 4 when this pusher 5 comes into contact with the bread to be cut, and to put into operation the first motor to cause the displacement of the first pallets 6a, 6b from their first position b1 to their second position b2 when the pusher 5 has then traveled a predetermined fraction of this distance and the device comprises a fourth means arranged to put back into operation the first motor to cause the displacement of said first pallets 6a, 6b in the opposite direction when the cut bread is removed from the compartment of unloading 3. this configuration allows the device to automatically adapt to any type of bread, whatever its shape or size, the third means is for example arranged to measure the intensity of the current consumed by the second motor, and to determine said distance when this intensity reaches a predetermined value, characteristic of the input of the pusher 5 in contact with the bread.
In another embodiment of the device according to the invention, illustrated in FIGS. 4a and 4b, the loading compartments 2 and the unloading compartments 3 each comprise a side wall 7a (not shown), 7b inclined at an angle of at least 90 ° relative to their respective base 2a, 3a and the device comprises a single first pallet 6a and is arranged such that the first position b1 of this first pallet 6a is contiguous with the side edge of the base 3a of the opposite unloading compartment to said side wall 7b.

En fonctionnement, un dispositif selon l'invention tel qu'illustré aux figures 1, 2a, 2b, 3a et 3b se comporte comme suit: Un utilisateur dispose un pain à découper dans le compartiment de chargement 2 et met en marche le dispositif, ce qui entraîne le mouvement de va et vient de l'ensemble de lames 4 et la mise en fonctionnement du deuxième moteur commandant le poussoir 5. Le pain est poussé vers l'ensemble de lames 4 et lorsque une fraction prédéterminée du pain est découpée et émerge dans le compartiment de déchargement 2, le fonctionnement du premier moteur actionnant le premier moyen 9 est enclenché, soit par un premier interrupteur, soit par un troisième moyen tels que décrits ci-dessus et les palettes 6a et 6b se déplacent de leurs premières positions b1 vers leur deuxième positions b2 respectives. Selon la position du pain dans le compartiment de chargement 2, une première palette 6a peut entrer au contact du pain découpé avant l'autre première palette 6b. Dans ce cas, le déplacement de cette première palette 6a, retenue par le pain, peut s'interrompre, alors que celui de l'autre première palette 6b se poursuit; entraînant également le coulissement du premier moyen 9 dans le rail 10. Lorsque les deux premières palettes 6a et 6b entrent au contact du pain dans leurs positions respectives b2, le fonctionnement du premier moteur est interrompu, par exemple par un premier ensemble de deux interrupteurs dont chacun est disposé au niveau d'une face d'une première palette 6a, 6b différente, intérieure au dispositif. La découpe du pain peut alors s'achever, sans que les tranches ne puissent s'écarter les unes des autres après découpe, et ce quelque ait été la position du pain dans le compartiment de chargement 2 et donc dans celui de déchargement 3. Une fois cette découpe terminée, l'utilisateur retire le pain du compartiment de déchargement 3, ce retrait provoquant, grâce au premier interrupteur ou à un quatrième moyen tel que décrit plus haut, la mise ne fonctionnement du premier moteur en sens inverse de son fonctionnement initial et l'écartement des premières palettes 6a, 6b, de leurs positions respectives b2 vers leur positions respectives b1, de chaque côté latéral du compartiment de déchargement 3. L'interruption du fonctionnement du premier moteur est commandée par exemple par un second ensemble de deux interrupteurs dont chacun est disposé au niveau d'un côté latéral différent dudit compartiment, de sorte à ce que ce fonctionnement n'est interrompu qu'une fois que chaque première palette a enclenché un interrupteur dudit second ensemble. Si une première palette en enclenche un avant l'autre première palette, seule cette dernière poursuit son déplacement, entraînant également celui du premier moyen 9 dans le rail 10, jusqu'à ce que cette autre première palette a également enclenché un interrupteur du second ensemble.In operation, a device according to the invention as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2a, 2b, 3a and 3b behaves as follows: A user disposes a bread to be cut in the loading compartment 2 and turns on the device, this which causes the movement of back and forth of the blade assembly 4 and the operation of the second motor controlling the pusher 5. The bread is pushed towards the set of blades 4 and when a predetermined fraction of the bread is cut and emerges in the unloading compartment 2, the operation of the first motor actuating the first means 9 is engaged, either by a first switch or by a third means as described above and the vanes 6a and 6b move from their first positions b1 to their respective second positions b2. Depending on the position of the bread in the load compartment 2, a first pallet 6a may come into contact with the cut bread before the other first pallet 6b. In this case, the displacement of this first pallet 6a, retained by the bread, can be interrupted, while that of the other first pallet 6b continues; also causing the first means 9 to slide in the rail 10. When the first two pallets 6a and 6b come into contact with the bread in their respective positions b2, the operation of the first motor is interrupted, for example by a first set of two switches of which each is disposed at one face of a first pallet 6a, 6b different inside the device. The cutting of the bread can then be completed, without the slices can deviate from each other after cutting, whatever the position of the bread in the load compartment 2 and therefore in that of unloading. once this cutting is completed, the user removes bread from the unloading compartment 3, this withdrawal causing, thanks to the first switch or to a fourth means as described above, the startup of the first motor in the opposite direction of its initial operation and spacing the first pallets 6a, 6b from their respective positions b2 to their respective positions b1, on each lateral side of the unloading compartment 3. The interruption of the operation of the first motor is controlled for example by a second set of two switches each disposed at a lateral side different from said compartment, so that operation is interrupted only once e each first pallet has engaged a switch of said second set. If a first pallet engages one before the other first pallet, only the latter continues its movement, also causing that of the first means 9 in the rail 10, until the other first pallet has also engaged a switch of the second set .

L'invention n'est pas limitée aux formes de réalisation ici décrites mais couvre également toute forma alternative à la portée de l'homme du métier.The invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but also covers any alternative form within the scope of the skilled person.

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Dispositif (1) de découpe automatisée d'un pain en tranches, comprenant un bâti (1a), un compartiment (2) de chargement dans le dispositif d'un pain à découper et un compartiment (3) de déchargement du dispositif du pain découpé, comportant chacun une base (2a, 3a) sensiblement plane, le dispositif comprenant en outre un ensemble de lames (4) de découpe du pain agencées sensiblement parallèlement les unes aux autres entre lesdits compartiments de chargement (2) et de déchargement (3) et un poussoir (5) agencé pour être déplacé dans le compartiment de chargement entre une première position (a1) dans laquelle un pain peut être introduit dans ce compartiment et une seconde position (a2) adjacente à l'ensemble des lames, dans laquelle le pain découpé peut être retiré du compartiment de déchargement;
caractérisé en ce que
le dispositif comprend au moins une première palette (6a, 6b) connectée à un premier moyen (9) agencée pour déplacer chaque palette dans le compartiment de déchargement, sensiblement parallèlement à sa base et transversalement au sens de déplacement du poussoir (5), entre une première position (b1) dans laquelle chaque palette est contiguë à un bord latéral de ladite base et une seconde position (b2) dans laquelle chaque palette entre en contact avec le pain au cours de sa découpe.
Device (1) for automatically cutting a sliced bread, comprising a frame (1a), a compartment (2) for loading into the device of a bread to be cut and a compartment (3) for unloading the device from the cut bread , each having a substantially planar base (2a, 3a), the apparatus further comprising a set of bread cutting blades (4) arranged substantially parallel to each other between said loading (2) and unloading (3) compartments (3). and a pusher (5) arranged to be moved in the loading compartment between a first position (a1) in which a bread can be introduced into this compartment and a second position (a2) adjacent to the set of blades, wherein the cut bread can be removed from the unloading compartment;
characterized in that
the device comprises at least a first pallet (6a, 6b) connected to a first means (9) arranged to move each pallet in the unloading compartment, substantially parallel to its base and transversely to the direction of movement of the pusher (5), between a first position (b1) in which each pallet is contiguous with a lateral edge of said base and a second position (b2) in which each pallet comes into contact with the bread during its cutting.
Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le premier moyen (9) est agencé pour pouvoir coulisser librement dans un rail (10) fixé au bâti (1a) sous la base (3a) du compartiment de déchargement (3), sensiblement parallèlement à l'ensemble de lames (4).Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the first means (9) is arranged to be able to slide freely in a rail (10) fixed to the frame (1a) under the base (3a) of the unloading compartment (3), substantially in parallel to the blade assembly (4). Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les compartiments de chargement (2) et de déchargement (3) comprennent chacun une paroi latérale (7a, 7b) inclinée d'un angle d'au moins 90° relativement à leur base respective (2a, 3a) et en ce qu'il comprend une seule première palette (6a), le dispositif étant agencé de sorte que la première position (b1) de cette première palette (6a) est contiguë au bord latéral de la base (3a) du compartiment de déchargement opposé à ladite paroi latérale (7b).Device according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the loading (2) and unloading (3) compartments each comprise a lateral wall (7a, 7b) inclined at an angle of at least 90 ° relatively at their respective base (2a, 3a) and in that it comprises a single first pallet (6a), the device being arranged so that the first position (b1) of this first pallet (6a) is contiguous with the lateral edge of the base (3a) of the unloading compartment opposite said side wall (7b). Dispositif (1) selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le premier moyen (9) comprend au moins une crémaillère (9a, 9b), chaque crémaillère étant fixée à une première palette (6a, 6b) différente, une roue dentée (9c) dont les dents coopèrent avec celles de chaque crémaillère (9a, 9b) et un premier moteur agencé pour entraîner la roue dentée (9c) dans un mouvement de rotation pour déplacer chaque première palette (6a, 6b) entre sa première (b1) et sa deuxième (b2) position respective.Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the first means (9) comprises at least one rack (9a, 9b), each rack being fixed to a first pallet (6a, 6b) different, a toothed wheel (9c) whose teeth cooperate with those of each rack (9a, 9b) and a first motor arranged to drive the toothed wheel (9c) in a rotational movement to move each first pallet (6a, 6b) between its first (b1) and its second (b2) respective position. Dispositif selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend deux premières palettes (6a, 6b) et deux crémaillères (9a, 9b) fixées chacune à une première palette (6a, 6b) et disposées sensiblement parallèlement l'une à l'autre de part et d'autre de la roue dentée (9c), et un premier moteur agencé pour entraîner cette roue dentée (9c) dans un mouvement de rotation dont le sens détermine le rapprochement ou l'écartement des premières palettes (6a, 6b) l'une de l'autre.Device according to claim 4, characterized in that it comprises two first pallets (6a, 6b) and two racks (9a, 9b) each fixed to a first pallet (6a, 6b) and arranged substantially parallel to one another. another on either side of the toothed wheel (9c), and a first motor arranged to drive the toothed wheel (9c) in a rotational movement whose direction determines the bringing together or spacing of the first pallets (6a, 6b ) one from the other. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un deuxième moyen couplé au premier moteur et agencé pour provoquer l'interruption du fonctionnement dudit moteur lorsque chacune des premières palettes (6a, 6b) est arrivée à sa première (b1) ou seconde (b2) position.Device according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that it comprises a second means coupled to the first motor and arranged to cause the interruption of operation of said motor when each of the first pallets (6a, 6b) has arrived at its first (b1) or second (b2) position. Dispositif selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que qu'il comprend un premier interrupteur (11) agencé pour mettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur lorsqu'il est enclenché par le pain au cours de sa découpe de telle sorte à déplacer chaque première palette (6a, 6b) de sa première position (b1) vers sa seconde position (b2) et pou remettre en fonctionnement ledit moteur lorsque le premier interrupteur est déclenché par le retrait du pain découpé du compartiment de déchargement (3), de telle sorte à déplacer chaque première palette (6a, 6b) de sa seconde position (b2) vers sa première position (b1).Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it comprises a first switch (11) arranged to put into operation the first motor when it is engaged by the bread during its cutting so as to moving each first pallet (6a, 6b) from its first position (b1) to its second position (b2) and to restart said engine when the first switch is triggered by the removal of the cut bread from the unloading compartment (3), so as to move each first pallet (6a, 6b) from its second position (b2) to its first position (b1). Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que ledit premier interrupteur (11) est disposé au niveau de la base du compartiment de déchargement (3), à une distance prédéterminée de l'ensemble de lames (4).Device according to claim 7, characterized in that said first switch (11) is arranged at the base of the unloading compartment (3) at a predetermined distance from the blade assembly (4). Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que le poussoir (5) est actionné par un deuxième moteur et en ce que ce dernier est couplé à un troisième moyen agencé pour déterminer la distance séparant le poussoir (5) de l'ensemble de lames (4) lorsque ce poussoir (5) entre au contact du pain à découper et pour mettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur pour provoquer le déplacement des premières palettes (6a, 6b) depuis leur première position (b1) vers leur seconde position (b2) lorsque le poussoir (5) a ensuite parcouru une fraction prédéterminée de cette distance et en ce qu'il comprend un quatrième moyen agencé pour remettre en fonctionnement le premier moteur pour provoquer le déplacement desdites premières palettes (6a, 6b) en sens inverse lorsque le pain découpé est retiré du compartiment de déchargement.Device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the pusher (5) is actuated by a second motor and in that the latter is coupled to a third means arranged to determine the distance between the pusher (5) of the blade assembly (4) when this pusher (5) comes into contact with the bread to be cut and to operate the first motor to cause the movement of the first pallets (6a, 6b) from their first position (b1) to their second position (b2) when the pusher (5) has then traveled a predetermined fraction of this distance and in that it comprises a fourth means arranged to put back into operation the first motor to cause the displacement of said first pallets (6a, 6b ) in the opposite direction when the cut bread is removed from the unloading compartment. Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le troisième moyen est agencé pour mesurer l'intensité du courant consommé par le deuxième moteur, et pour déterminer ladite distance lorsque cette intensité atteint une valeur prédéterminée, caractéristique de l'entrée du poussoir (5) au contact du pain.Device according to Claim 9, characterized in that the third means is arranged to measure the intensity of the current consumed by the second motor and for determining said distance when this intensity reaches a predetermined value, characteristic of the input of the pusher (5) in contact with the bread.
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