EP2000269A1 - A machine for cutting meat into slices - Google Patents

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EP2000269A1
EP2000269A1 EP08155996A EP08155996A EP2000269A1 EP 2000269 A1 EP2000269 A1 EP 2000269A1 EP 08155996 A EP08155996 A EP 08155996A EP 08155996 A EP08155996 A EP 08155996A EP 2000269 A1 EP2000269 A1 EP 2000269A1
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Giorgio Grasselli
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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
    • 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
    • B26D1/0006—Cutting members therefor
    • 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
    • B26D1/04—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 linearly-movable cutting member
    • B26D1/06—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 linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates
    • B26D1/10—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 linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates in, or substantially in, a direction parallel to the cutting edge
    • 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
    • B26D1/0006—Cutting members therefor
    • B26D2001/0013—Cutting members therefor consisting of a reciprocating or endless band
    • 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
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0641—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form using chutes, hoppers, magazines

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  • the invention relates entirely generally to a machine for cutting meat into slices, in particular for slicing meat which has been boned.
  • Italian patent no. RE2005A000097 describes a machine for slicing meat, comprising a band knife ring-wound around two pulleys, which describes a straight and horizontal cutting tract located at a fixed height from the ground.
  • the machine comprises a front rest place for the meat, which is horizontal and parallel to the cutting tract and is distanced therefrom in a perpendicular direction to the rest plane.
  • the meat to be cut is fed in by at least a substantially vertical container, and has an outlet mouth which faces towards the rest plane on the cutting side, and is provided with pusher means, such as a plate sliding internally of the container, which pushes the meat towards the outlet mouth.
  • the container exhibits its own movement means, which translate the container parallel to the rest plane, with an alternating motion on one side and the other of the cutting tract.
  • the thickness of the slices to be cut from the meat is adjusted by varying the distance of the cutting tract from the front rest plane.
  • the pusher means push the meat towards the outlet mouth of the respective tubular containers, while the containers translate alternatingly from an advanced position to a retracted position.
  • the support plane does not create problems because the product is by its own nature compact and in most cases frozen, and thus during movement it behaves as a monolithic element.
  • the presence of the posterior rest plane, located in a slightly raised position with respect to the blade, means that the vertical distance between the container and the blade must be increased. This fact causes loss of precision in the thickness of the cut and a considerable increase in the working waste.
  • the conformation of the posterior rest plane in relation to the blade causes a rubbing between the product to be cut and the edge of the posterior plane and therefore causes damage to the surface of the meat, resulting in a final product of poor quality.
  • the fissure between the blade and the posterior plane constitutes a critical zone from the hygienic point of view, as it is difficult to clean it properly, even when regularly washed.
  • the aim of the present invention is to obviate the above-mentioned drawbacks by providing a machine which enables excellent slicing of boned meat.
  • a further aim of the invention is to realise a machine which allows considerable reduction of waste and a significant increase in cutting precision, even for non-frozen meat without a bone.
  • a further aim of the invention is to realise a machine for cutting meat into slices which eliminates all possible jamming points of the meat, thus ensuring correct expulsion of all the cut slices and the excellent quality thereof.
  • a further aim of the invention is to realise a machine for cutting meat into slices which is highly hygienic and easy to clean.
  • a machine for cutting meat into slices comprising a blade which describes a cutting tract for the meat to be cut, a rest plane parallel to the cutting tract and distanced therefrom in a perpendicular direction to the rest plane itself, at least a container for the meat to be cut, having an outlet mouth facing towards the rest plane from the side of the cutting tract, pusher means, associated to the container, for pushing the meat towards the outlet mouth, and movement means of the container for translating the container of the meat parallel to the rest plane, with an alternating motion from one side to the other of the cutting tract, characterised in that the blade comprises at least a cutting portion and a portion for supporting the meat to be cut in the container.
  • the blade exhibits, in a view from above, a median area which projects in an opposite direction to the above-mentioned cutting portion and which constitutes the meat support portion.
  • the blade is associated to means for moving the blade in an alternating cutting movement.
  • It comprises a base 11 which includes a housing and support zone 11' of the organs for moving the blade and a housing and support zone 11' of the movement organs of at least a container 13 and 13' for the meat to be cut.
  • the containers 13 and 13' are associated to pusher means for the meat, which for each container comprise a plate 31, 32 which is slidable internally of the containers and connected to a respective stem 14 and 14', the plates being activated by a respective jack 61 and 62, and which containers 13 and 13' exhibit outlet mouths 50 facing towards a rest plane 15 located at a side of the cutting tract.
  • the rest plane 15 is substantially parallel to the cutting tract and is located at a short distance from the cutting blade 16.
  • the containers 13 and 13' further exhibit movement means for translating the containers parallel to the rest plane 15, with alternating motion from one side to the other of the cutting tract.
  • the movement means of the containers 13 and 13' comprise a mobile carriage 53 fixed to the container, which is supported by the machine frame, and is activated by a jack 51 and is slidable on guides 52.
  • Each container 13 and 13' is vertical and closed by a lid 54, mobile in an upper part thereof, each of which exhibits a cylinder 55 for activating the opening and closure.
  • Hollow closed-profile elements can be used for the walls of the container 13 and 13', or C-section elements opened from one side.
  • the containers 13 and 13' can each exhibit a steel vertical side 30 for subjecting the meat to pressure such as to obtain slices of homogeneous dimensions, where the pressure of the steel sections is regulated by two identical cylinders 56.
  • each container there is a posterior wall 90, associated to the respective container, which posterior wall 90 can also have the same shape as the container and which enables the meat to be pushed towards the blade 16, facilitating the obtaining of homogeneous slices.
  • the containers 13 and 13' can be made to work independently of one another.
  • the blade 16 comprises at least a cutting portion 17 and a portion 18 for supporting the meat in the containers once the cutting portion has been passed following the alternating motion of the containers.
  • the blade 16 is preferably realised in a monolithic single piece and exhibits, viewed from above, thin ends 77 and a broader median area which projects in an opposite direction to the cutting portion 17 and which constitutes the rest portion 18 for the meat still to be cut in the containers 13 and 13'.
  • FIG. 2 This conformation of the blade 16 is clearly visible in figure 2 , which also illustrates a container 13 in an advanced position, before the cut, and in a retracted position 13" after the cut.
  • the blade 16 is in turn associated to means for making an alternating cutting movement, in a substantially horizontal plane.
  • the means for alternatingly moving the cutting blade comprise two tilting plates 19 and 20, actuable synchronisedly and to which the blade 16 is constrained at the ends 77 thereof.
  • the synchrony of the motion of the two tilting plates 19 and 20 is generated and maintained by a con-rod-crank mechanism 21, activated by a motor 23, which acts on a bar 22 that moves it alternatingly.
  • the bar 22 is connected at ends thereof 74 and 75 to respective return arms 24 and 25 which transmit the alternating motion of the bar to the tilting plates 19 and 20.
  • the return arms 24 and 25 are solidly connected to respective pivots 26 and 27, rotation of which turns the tilting plates 19 and 20, to which the blade 16 is connected, in synchronised rotation.
  • the blade 16 is associated to guides 28 and 29 located near the cutting zone and aimed at preventing flexion of the blade in the cutting zone. Further, the blade exhibits means 80 for adjusting the tension thereof.
  • a belt 34 having its movement synchronised to the movement of the containers, in order to enable the slices of meat to be arranged according to the client's requirements.
  • the thickness of the slice of meat to be cut is regulated, by varying the height of the front rest plane 15 from the cutting tract of the blade 16.
  • the blade 16 By activating the machine, the blade 16 is set in motion by the motor 23 which activates the con-rod-crank 21 mechanism to impart an alternating motion to the bar 22.
  • the bar 22 in its motion, sets the pivots 26 and 27 in synchronised motion, first in one direction and then in another direction, which in turn cause the tilting plates 19 and 20, connected to ends 77 of the blade 16 to oscillate in synchrony.
  • the blade 16 is thus set in alternating motion along a substantially horizontal plane, synchronised such as to prevent undesired flexion thereof.
  • the pusher means 31, 32 internal of the containers push the meat towards the outlet mouth of the respective tubular containers 13 and 13', while the containers 13, 13' translate from an advanced position to a retracted position.
  • the containers 13, 13' move the meat against the cutting portion 17 of the blade 16, which cuts away the slice.
  • the present invention exhibits the following important advantages.
  • the vertical distance between the container mouth and the blade can be reduced to zero.
  • the cutting zone is freed of all possible meat jamming points, thus ensuring a correct expulsion of all the slices cut.
  • the surface of the product to be cut is perfectly whole and thus of excellent quality as there are no further contact elements beyond the cutting blade.
  • the meat comes into contact only with the cutting blade, so the whole hygienic situation is more certain, as the possibility of contamination is reduced to a minimum.

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ES2394531A1 (es) * 2009-03-03 2013-02-01 Maquinaria Monllor, S.L. Maquina automatica fileteadora de corte continuo
CN105965568A (zh) * 2016-06-24 2016-09-28 成都菲斯普科技有限公司 一种自动切片装置
IT201600075771A1 (it) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-19 Emmebi System S R L Macchina tagliamortadella
CN108453805A (zh) * 2018-03-09 2018-08-28 昆山聚贝机械设计有限公司 一种横向切糕的装置

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US4436012A (en) * 1981-11-13 1984-03-13 J. E. Grote Pepp-A-Matic Co., Inc. Pendulum-type product slicing machine
EP0791441A1 (en) * 1996-02-23 1997-08-27 J.E. Grote Company, Inc. Improved slice stacker for a slicing machine
WO2001010611A2 (en) * 1999-08-10 2001-02-15 David Kent An automatic slicing system for a comestible product
EP1749445A1 (en) * 2005-08-03 2007-02-07 Giorgio Grasselli Meat slicing machine

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US4436012A (en) * 1981-11-13 1984-03-13 J. E. Grote Pepp-A-Matic Co., Inc. Pendulum-type product slicing machine
EP0791441A1 (en) * 1996-02-23 1997-08-27 J.E. Grote Company, Inc. Improved slice stacker for a slicing machine
WO2001010611A2 (en) * 1999-08-10 2001-02-15 David Kent An automatic slicing system for a comestible product
EP1749445A1 (en) * 2005-08-03 2007-02-07 Giorgio Grasselli Meat slicing machine

Cited By (5)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2394531A1 (es) * 2009-03-03 2013-02-01 Maquinaria Monllor, S.L. Maquina automatica fileteadora de corte continuo
CN105965568A (zh) * 2016-06-24 2016-09-28 成都菲斯普科技有限公司 一种自动切片装置
CN105965568B (zh) * 2016-06-24 2017-11-10 浙江强盟实业股份有限公司 一种自动切片装置
IT201600075771A1 (it) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-19 Emmebi System S R L Macchina tagliamortadella
CN108453805A (zh) * 2018-03-09 2018-08-28 昆山聚贝机械设计有限公司 一种横向切糕的装置

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