EP3831560A1 - Bread cutting machine with integrated bag insertion device and preferential operating method - Google Patents

Abstract

A bread slicing machine (1) for slicing a loaf of bread (B) in the form of a slice, which has a machine housing (2) which has a drive motor (3) and a cutting knife which is driven by this and is held on a knife arm (4) and rotates in a cutting plane (E) (5), with a feed chute (6) for introducing the loaf of bread (B) to be sliced, with a receiving chute (7) adjoining the feed chute (6) except for a knife gap (5 ') for receiving all the slices (S) of the sliced Loaves of bread, as well as with a bag-shaped packaging means for slipping over the bag-shaped packaging means with the slices of the cut loaf resting on it, the bag-making aid comprising a cantilevered section (8), is characterized in that the outer dimensions of the feed shaft in directions parallel to the cutting plane are greater than the The maximum external dimensions of loaves of bread are that the external dimensions of the collar section are parallel lel to the cutting plane at least at a free end (8 ') facing away from the feed chute are smaller than the outer dimensions of the feed chute in these directions, and that the receiving chute is designed as a pocketing aid with a cantilever section and is arranged within a cover (2') of the machine housing. In this way, the integration of the bagging aid into the bread slicing machine is effected in a structurally simple and space-saving manner, with increased protection of a user against accidental intervention.

Description

The invention relates to a bread slicing machine for slicing a loaf of bread, which has a machine housing which accommodates a drive motor and a cutting knife, which is driven by this, is held on a knife arm, rotates in a cutting plane and / or is movable in a circumferential manner, with a feed shaft for introducing the loaf of bread to be sliced in the bread slicer, with a receiving shaft adjoining the feed chute except for a knife gap for receiving all slices of the sliced loaf of bread, as well as with a bag aid for covering or slipping over a bag-shaped packaging means over the bag aid with the slices of the cut loaf lying on it, the bag being a Includes cantilever section. In addition, the invention also relates to a preferred bread cutting method for cutting slices from a loaf of bread by means of such a bread cutting machine.

Background of the invention

Such bread slicing machines are known from the prior art, in particular from DE 10 2010 036 721 B4 (= Reference [1]).

Pouching aids typically serve as a mechanical aid when packing sliced loaves of bread. In the case of pouching aids known from the prior art, the loaf of bread must be lifted from the cutting area onto a pouching aid. The bagging aid is usually attached above the bread slicer in the form of a sheet metal. A user of the bread slicer takes the loaf of bread at the front and rear ends by hand and presses it together so that the sliced loaf does not collapse when it is lifted. The user has to touch the bread. In particular in the case of self-service bread slicers, in which the user is normally a customer in a shop, the user will not put on gloves specifically for this purpose. The process is therefore usually not particularly hygienic. In addition, slices of bread are repeatedly lost, which then accumulate in the bread slicer throughout the day.

The DE 44 31 808 C2 (= Reference [2]) discloses a bread slicing machine in which a loaf of bread can be cut open in a shaft and then removed from the shaft by a user through a door and placed on a separate work surface. The sliced loaf of bread can then be packed on this work surface. This configuration is comparatively time-consuming to handle and does not meet an increased hygienic standard.

The above-cited reference [1] describes a bread cutting machine in which a loaf of bread is advanced onto a cutting device of the bread cutting machine by means of a feed device and is cut into a packet of slices. The slice pack is pushed from the cutting area through an opening in a wall of the machine housing of the bread slicing machine onto a holding device, usually automatically.

The holding device comprises a cantilever section protruding beyond the wall of the machine housing and thus beyond the bread slicing machine. If there is a disk package on the holding device, a foil bag can easily be pulled over the disk package (as well as over the cantilever section) in order to pack the disk package. The opening is closed with a closure device during the slicing process. In addition, a cover device covers the feed area for the uncut loaf of bread.

The embodiment of the bagging aid mentioned in reference [1] is relatively complex to use, since the bagging aid is designed outside the machine housing and is only accessible from inside the bread slicing machine through an opening that can be opened and closed. Furthermore, after the cutting process, the sliced loaf of bread still has to be moved into the area of the pouching aid by means of a shifting process. In addition, the bagging aid protrudes away from the machine housing and thus, on the one hand, widens the space required by the machine, and on the other hand, there is a risk that a person walking past the machine could get caught on it.

Object of the invention

On the other hand, the present invention is based on the task of making a generic bread slicing machine with the features listed at the beginning in a structurally simple and material-saving manner more compact and less bulky and with increased protection of a user against inadvertent intervention in the bread slicing machine .

Brief description of the invention

This object is achieved by the present invention in a surprisingly simple and effective manner in that the external dimensions of the feed chute in directions parallel to the cutting plane greater than or equal to the maximum outer dimensions of loaves to be sliced in these directions are selected so that the outer dimensions of the cantilever section in directions parallel to the cutting plane at least at a free end facing away from the feed chute are selected to be smaller than the outer dimensions of the feed chute in this Directions, and that the receiving shaft is designed as a Eintüthilfe with a cantilever portion and is arranged within a cover of the machine housing.

In the construction according to the invention, the insertion aid is located within the machine housing, which ensures a space-saving design of the bread machine. The access from the inside of the bread slicing machine to the pouching aid does not have to be secured separately - as has been the case up to now - so that structural components for the bread slicing machine can be saved. The protection for the user of the bread slicer increases significantly, since only one access to the bread slicer has to be secured. In particular, the bread slicing machine only has a single hood for closing a cutting area in which the loaf of bread is cut.

In other words, the bread slicing machine according to the invention with the receiving chute has an area of a bread chute into which a user of the bread cutting machine inserts the loaf of bread, the bread chute including in particular the receiving chute and also the feed chute. In the bread slicing machine according to the invention, this area is also the area from which the user removes the sliced loaf of bread. A support plate designed as part of the receiving shaft or as the entire receiving shaft is thus at the same time an output plate from which the user can remove the sliced loaf of bread.

The area from which the user can remove the sliced loaf of bread also serves as a pouching aid. A pouching aid is in particular a holding plate for the loaf of bread, which as a rule does not protrude far beyond the bread loaf in width or is even less wide than the loaf of bread. This The retaining plate is openly accessible on a narrow side, so that the user can put a packaging means, in particular a bag, over the loaf of bread as long as the loaf of bread lies on the pouching aid. The user moves the bag longitudinally along the longitudinal axis of the loaf of bread. In the bread slicing machine according to the invention, in particular the dispensing tray is designed as a pouching aid.

Preferred embodiments and developments of the invention

One class of advantageous embodiments of the bread slicing machine according to the invention is characterized by an electronic control device which is designed to transport the uncut loaf of bread from the receiving shaft into the feed shaft past the moved cutting knife removed from the knife gap and then transport the loaf of bread back from the feed shaft in to effect the receiving shaft, the cutting knife being moved into and out of the knife gap during the return transport in such a way that the loaf of bread is sliced into mutually parallel slices. The loaf of bread is in particular placed in the receiving shaft, conveyed into the feed shaft and then transported back into the receiving shaft, the loaf of bread being cut up during the return transport.

Embodiments of the bread slicing machine according to the invention are particularly preferred, which are characterized in that the receiving shaft is formed by two sheet-metal sections which are angularly adjacent to one another and which together are L-shaped in cross-section. The loaf of bread is supported on two sides by the L-shape. As a result, sufficient support for the transport of the loaf of bread with sufficient control of the loaf is ensured with little material expenditure.

The bread slicing machine according to the invention is preferably designed in such a way that the receiving shaft is at its feed shaft facing end parallel to the cutting plane is approximately the same width as the feed chute in this area. This enables better support for the loaf of bread on the transition from the feed chute to the receiving chute.

Another embodiment of the bread slicing machine is characterized by a counter holder which can be arranged on the loaf of bread opposite the feed plate. The counter holder also prevents the loaf of bread that has already been cut from falling over.

The bread slicing machine is preferably designed in such a way that a connecting axis of the feed chute with the receiving chute is inclined to the vertical, preferably by about 45 °. The oblique alignment prevents the sliced loaf of bread from falling over. The bread slicer can be designed with a smaller footprint than with a horizontally aligned feed chute. When the loaf of bread is transported in this way, there is also no need for a counterholder opposite the feed plate, which is intended to prevent the bread from tipping over and which is moved by the feed plate and the bread or is shifted in some other way parallel to the feed plate. Such a counter holder would generally first have to be removed when the bread is inserted.

Embodiments of the invention are also particularly preferred in which the knife arm is designed to move the cutting knife on a curve, preferably a circular curve. This enables a periodic retraction of the cutting knife into the loaf of bread, with vibrations in the bread cutting machine being reduced.

Further, very particularly advantageous embodiments of the invention are characterized in that through-slots are formed in the feed chute for bread crumbs to fall through. The breadcrumbs can then, in particular, fall into a crumb box below the feed chute and collected and removed, making the bread slicer easy to clean.

Further developments of these embodiments are also particularly preferred, in which a crumb crate is arranged below the through-slots of the feed shaft, which crate in particular has a deflector plate. The crumb box is used to collect the breadcrumbs produced during the cutting process. The deflector plate is aligned in particular, starting from the edge of the crumb box, at an angle to the outside, in order to catch as many falling breadcrumbs as possible and to direct them into the crumb box. Due to the vibrations that always occur during the cutting process, the breadcrumbs fall mainly into the crumb box and do not remain in the feed chute or receiving chute. In this way, the feed chute and the receiving chute are cleaned quasi mechanically and automatically during the cutting process itself. To simplify cleaning, the feed plate can be moved to such an extent that a distance is formed between a feed plate and the end of the feed shaft facing away from the receiving shaft, in particular in the direction of the connecting axis of the feed shaft and the receiving shaft.

Embodiments of the bread slicing machine according to the invention are also advantageous in which a feed plate with a gripper is provided for holding the loaf of bread, which can be moved from an end of the feed shaft facing away from the receiving shaft to over the knife gap and back again, and on which the loaf of bread introduced into the feed shaft is at the end rests. The loaf of bread is primarily fixed by the gripper during the cutting process in that the gripper, in particular with claws, grips into the loaf of bread. In particular, the cutting knife is moved into the knife gap before the cutting process. The feed plate with an adjacent loaf of bread is moved in the direction of the cutting knife until the loaf of bread lies against the cutting knife. The feed plate and the cutting knife fix the loaf of bread. The claws of the gripper are then used to hold the loaf of bread in place during the cutting process Loaf of bread driven in. Here, the claws of the gripper can be made comparatively small.

In alternative or supplementary embodiments of the bread slicing machine according to the invention, the cutting knife is arranged in a non-activated state outside the knife gap so that it cannot be touched from outside the cover of the machine housing in the bread slicing machine. This offers a user additional protection from the sharp cutting knife.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are characterized in that the receiving shaft is arranged in such a way that an uncut loaf of bread can be placed on the collar section by a user before the cutting process, and that the slices of the sliced loaf of bread after the cutting process are removed from the collar section by the user, are preferably removable after slipping over a bag-shaped packaging means. This enables a particularly space-saving design of the bread slicing machine.

Further advantageous embodiments are characterized in that the bread slicing machine has a shorter and a longer side, an input device for the electronic control device and the cantilever portion being accessible to a user from the shorter side of the bread slicing machine. This is particularly advantageous if the bread slicer is to be set up in a space-saving manner in the self-service area of a supermarket. In particular, to save space, the bread slicer is oriented between shelves so that the shorter side of the bread slicer runs parallel to the direction along the shelves, while the longer side of the bread slicer is oriented toward the depth of the shelves. In order to save space, the longer side of the bread slicer can be designed to be shorter than in the case of an inclined alignment of the feed chute and receiving chute Bread slicer in which the feed chute and the receiving chute are installed horizontally.

Another preferred embodiment of the bread slicing machine according to the invention is characterized in that the cover of the machine housing can be moved in a rotary movement on a guide rail. This enables a space-saving, compact and simple design of the opening mechanism for the bread slicing machine.

The bread slicing machine according to the invention preferably has a sensor for emergency shutdown of the bread slicing machine, in particular the cutting knife. This contributes to increased safety for the users of the bread slicer. The sensor can in particular be arranged on the cover of the bread slicing machine. Alternatively or in addition, a locking device can also be provided which keeps the cover of the machine housing closed during the cutting operation.

The bread slicing machine according to the invention is primarily designed for self-service operation by customers in a grocery or bakery shop.

1. a) Einbringen eines ungeschnittenen Brotlaibs, vorzugsweise über den Aufnahmeschacht, in den Zuführschacht;
2. b) Aufschneiden des Brotlaibes in Scheiben;
3. c) Beförderung der Scheiben zum Kragabschnitt des Aufnahmeschachts;
4. d) Überstülpen eines beutelförmigen Verpackungsmittels über die Eintüthilfe des Kragabschnitts mit den darauf aufliegenden Scheiben des aufgeschnittenen Brotlaibes bei geöffneter Abdeckung des Maschinengehäuses;
5. e) Entnahme des beutelförmigen Verpackungsmittels mit den darin enthaltenen Scheiben des zerschnittenen Brotlaibes vom Kragabschnitt.

A preferred bread cutting method for cutting slices from a loaf by means of a bread cutting machine according to the invention according to one of the embodiments described above is characterized by the following steps:

1. a) introducing an uncut loaf of bread, preferably via the receiving chute, into the feed chute;
2. b) cutting the loaf into slices;
3. c) conveying the panes to the cantilever section of the receiving shaft;
4. d) Slipping over a bag-shaped packaging means over the tucking-in aid of the cantilever section with the disks resting on it of the sliced loaf of bread with the cover of the machine housing open;
5. e) Removal of the bag-shaped packaging means with the slices of the cut loaf of bread contained therein from the collar section.

With such a bread-cutting process, the cut loaf can be removed in a space-saving and particularly simple manner.

Further advantages of the invention emerge from the description and the drawing. The features mentioned above and below can also be used according to the invention individually or collectively in any combination. The embodiments shown and described are not to be understood as an exhaustive list, but rather have an exemplary character for describing the invention.

Detailed description of the invention and drawing

The invention is shown in the drawing and is explained in more detail using exemplary embodiments.

Fig. 1

einen schematischen Vertikalschnitt durch eine erfindungsgemäße Brotschneidemaschine bei geöffneter Abdeckung;

Fig. 2

einen Schnitt durch die Brotschneidemaschine nach Fig. 1 mit einem eingelegten Brotlaib bei geschlossener Abdeckung;

Fig. 3

einen Schnitt durch die Brotschneidemaschine nach Fig. 2, wobei der Brotlaib am Schneidmesser anliegt;

Fig. 4

einen Schnitt durch die Brotschneidemaschine nach Fig. 3, wobei der Brotlaib an der Vorschubplatte anliegt;

Fig. 5a

einen Schnitt durch die Brotschneidemaschine nach Fig. 4, wobei der Brotlaib bis etwa zu seiner Hälfte zerschnitten ist;

Fig. 5b

einen Schnitt durch die Brotschneidemaschine nach Fig. 5a, wobei der Brotlaib bis auf einen Restabschnitt zerschnitten ist;

Fig. 6

eine dreidimensionale schematische Ansicht eines Zuführschachtes, eines Aufnahmeschachtes, eines Schneidmessers und einer Krumenkiste der erfindungsgemäßen Brotschneidemaschine;

Fig. 7

eine schematische Schnittansicht von oben auf eine Ausführungsform der erfindungsgemäßen Brotschneidemaschine;

Fig. 8

eine mögliche Bewegungsbahn des Schneidmessers;

Fig. 9a

eine dreidimensionale schematische Ansicht des Zuführschachtes und des Aufnahmeschachtes sowie der Vorschubplatte mit Zähne-bewehrtem Greifer; und

Fig. 9b

eine dreidimensionale Ansicht des Zuführschachtes und des Aufnahmeschachtes nach Fig. 9a mit in den Messerpalt eingefahrenem Schneidmesser.

Show it:

Fig. 1

a schematic vertical section through a bread slicer according to the invention with the cover open;

Fig. 2

a section through the bread slicer Fig. 1 with an inlaid loaf of bread with the cover closed;

Fig. 3

a section through the bread slicer Fig. 2 wherein the loaf of bread rests against the cutting knife;

Fig. 4

a section through the bread slicer Fig. 3 wherein the loaf of bread rests against the feed plate;

Figure 5a

a section through the bread slicer Fig. 4 the loaf of bread being cut up to about halfway;

Figure 5b

a section through the bread slicer Figure 5a wherein the loaf of bread is cut up to a residual portion;

Fig. 6

a three-dimensional schematic view of a feed chute, a receiving chute, a cutting knife and a crumb box of the bread slicing machine according to the invention;

Fig. 7

a schematic sectional view from above of an embodiment of the bread slicing machine according to the invention;

Fig. 8

a possible path of movement of the cutting knife;

Figure 9a

a three-dimensional schematic view of the feed chute and the receiving chute as well as the feed plate with teeth-reinforced gripper; and

Figure 9b

a three-dimensional view of the feed chute and the receiving chute according to Figure 9a with the cutting knife retracted into the knife gap.

The present invention relates to a bread slicing machine for slicing a loaf of bread into a disc-shaped manner with a space-saving integrated pouching aid.

The Figure 1 shows a section through a bread slicing machine according to the invention with the cover open. The Figures 2 to 5b show procedural steps the cutting process with the cover closed. The Figure 6 shows a three-dimensional view of a feed chute, a receiving chute, a cutting knife and a crumb box of the bread cutting machine. The Figure 7 shows a sectional view looking from above onto the bread slicer (that is, without a cover). The Figure 8 shows a possible path of movement of the cutting knife. The Figures 9a and 9b show a three-dimensional view of the feed chute and the receiving chute without and with retracted cutting knife.

In the Fig. 1 The bread slicing machine 1 shown has a machine housing 2 . In this there is a drive motor 3 for driving one on a knife arm 4 (see Fig. 8 ) mounted cutting knife 5 rotating in a cutting plane E. The knife arm 4 is driven by a drive motor 3 ' for the knife arm 4. A bearing block 3 ″ holds the knife arm 4.

The bread cutting machine 1 also has a feed chute 6 for introducing a loaf of bread B to be sliced (see FIG Fig. 2 ) through an insertion area EB in the bread slicer 1. With the exception of a knife gap 5 ', a receiving shaft 7 for receiving all the slices S (see FIG Figure 5b ) of the sliced loaf of bread. The receiving shaft 7 is designed as a pouching aid with a cantilever section 8 . The receiving shaft 7 is also arranged within a cover 2 ′ of the machine housing 2.

The receiving shaft 7 is formed by two sheet metal sections 9 ′, 9 ″ which adjoin one another at an angle and which together are L-shaped in cross section (cf. Figures 9a and 9b ). A connecting axis a of the feed chute 6 with the receiving chute 7 is arranged inclined to the vertical, preferably by about 45 °. In the feed chute 6 through slots 6 'are formed for bread crumbs to fall through. A crumb box 10 , above which one or more deflector plates 11 are located, is arranged below the through slots 6 ′ of the feed chute 6. Usually four such deflector plates 11 protrude like a funnel from above into the crumb box.

A feed plate 12 with gripper 13 for holding the loaf of bread B can be moved from an end of the feed chute 6 facing away from the receiving chute 7 to over the knife gap 5 'and back again. The loaf of bread B introduced into the feed chute 6 can rest on the front side of the feed plate 12.

An electronic control device 14 is designed to transport the uncut loaf of bread B from the receiving shaft 7 into the feed shaft 6 past the cutting knife 5 moved out of the knife gap 5 'and then transport the loaf of bread B to be sliced back from the feed shaft 6 into the receiving shaft 7, during the return transport the cutting knife 5 is moved into and out of the knife gap 5 'in such a way that the loaf of bread B is sliced into mutually parallel slices S (see FIG Figures 5a , 5b ).

The cover 2 ′ of the machine housing 2 can be moved in a rotary movement on a guide rail 15 for opening and closing the machine housing 2. A sensor 16 is used to switch off the bread slicing machine 1, in particular the cutting knife 5, in an emergency.

The - initially uncut - loaf of bread B is placed in the receiving shaft 7, as in FIG Fig. 2 can be seen.

Then the - still uncut - loaf of bread B slides against the cutting knife 5 in the knife gap 5 ', see Fig. 3 . Alternatively, the cutting knife 5 can be moved out of the knife gap 5 'and the feed plate 12 can be moved over the knife gap 5' into the receiving shaft 7, the loaf of bread B sliding against the feed plate 12. The feed plate 12 covers the knife gap 5 'and protects a user of the bread slicer 1 from the cutting knife 5, especially when the cover 2 'of the bread slicer is still open.

The feed plate 12 with the gripper 13 is moved with retracted claws of the gripper 13 in the direction of the cutting knife 5, in particular over the knife gap 5 ', the cutting knife 5 being moved out of the knife gap 5'. The loaf of bread B slides against the gripper 13. The feed plate 12 is moved with the claws of the gripper 13 retracted with the loaf of bread B resting on the front side of the feed plate 12 from a starting position in the receiving shaft 7 to an intermediate position at the end of the feed shaft 6 facing away from the receiving shaft 7, please refer Fig. 4 .

The cutting knife 5 is then moved into the knife gap 5 '. The feed plate 12 with the adjacent loaf of bread B is moved in the direction of the cutting knife 5 into a stop position until the loaf of bread B lies against the cutting knife 5. The feed plate 12 and the cutting knife 5 fix the loaf of bread B. The claws of the gripper 13 are then moved into a fixing section A of the loaf of bread B indicated by a dashed line for fixation during the cutting process. Here, the claws of the gripper 13 can be made comparatively small, so that the end piece of the sliced bread can later be kept particularly thin.

The - still uncut - loaf of bread B is conveyed in several stages over the knife gap 5 'into the receiving shaft 7. During the step-by-step transport, the electronic control device 14 automatically traverses the cutting knife 5 into the knife gap 5 'to cut off one slice S from the loaf of bread B. The cutting knife 5 is then moved completely out of the knife gap 5' by one To enable further transport of the respective slice S into the receiving shaft 7 and the remaining loaf of bread B, which is still uncut at this point in time, via the knife gap 5 ', see FIG Figure 5a .

Finally, the loaf of bread cut open except for one end piece, in particular the fixing section A, is located again in the receiving shaft 7, which is designed as a pocketing aid with a cantilever section 8, and can be easily and safely removed from it, see FIG Figure 5b . In particular, the cutting knife 5 is moved out of the knife gap 5 '. The feed plate 12 is moved over the knife gap 5 'into the receiving shaft 7 and covers the knife gap 5'. As a result, a user of the bread slicing machine 1 cannot inadvertently reach into the knife gap 5 ′ and injure himself on the sharp cutting knife 5. The claws of the gripper 13 are moved out of the loaf B of bread.

The deflector plate 11 is arranged obliquely to the horizontal on the crumb crate 10 in order to direct crumbs into the crumb crate 10, see FIG Fig. 6 .

In Fig. 7 In particular, the drive motor 3 for the cutting knife 5, the drive motor 3 'for the knife arm 4 and the bearing block 3 ″, which holds the knife arm 4, are shown. The cutting knife 5 can be moved into the knife gap 5' from the side.

The knife arm 4 is designed to move the cutting knife 5 on a curve KU, preferably a circular curve.
The rotating cutting knife 5 is periodically moved into and out of the knife gap 5 'to cut the slices S, in particular in a permanent circular movement caused by the drive motor 3' for the knife arm 4, see Fig. 8 .

The L-profile of the receiving shaft 7, which is formed by the two angularly adjoining sheet metal sections 9 ', 9 ", is in the Figures 9a and 9b shown in detail. In Figure 9b the cutting knife 5 is retracted into the knife gap 5 '. The feed plate 12 can be moved to such an extent that a distance d is formed between the feed plate 12 and the feed chute 6, see Figure 9a .

List of reference symbols:

1

Bread slicer

2

Machine housing

2 '

cover

3

Drive motor for the cutting knife

3 '

Drive motor for knife arm

3 "

Bearing block for knife motor

4th

Knife arm

5

Cutting knife

5 '

Knife gap

6th

Feed chute

6 '

Through slots

7th

Receiving slot

8th

Cantilever

8th'

free end of the cantilever section

8th"

the end of the receiving shaft facing the feed shaft

9 ', 9 "

Sheet metal sections

10

Crumb box

11

Deflector plates

12th

Feed plate

13th

Grapple

14th

electronic control device

15th

Guide rail

16

sensor

a

Connection axis of the feed shaft and the receiving shaft

B.

Loaf of bread

d

Distance from the gripper to the feed shaft

E.

Cutting plane

S.

Discs

KU

Curve

Reference list

1. [1] DE 10 2010 036 721 B4
2. [2] DE 44 31 808 C2

Publications considered for the assessment of patentability:

1. [1] DE 10 2010 036 721 B4
2. [2] DE 44 31 808 C2

Claims (15)

Bread slicing machine (1) for slicing a loaf of bread (B) in the form of a slice, which has a machine housing (2) which has a drive motor (3) and a drive motor (3) driven by the latter, held on a knife arm (4) and rotating in a cutting plane (E) and / or or a rotating cutting knife (5) with a feed shaft (6) for introducing the loaf of bread (B) to be sliced into the bread slicing machine (1), with a receiving shaft (7) adjacent to the feed shaft (6) except for a knife gap (5 ') ) for receiving all slices (S) of the sliced loaf of bread, as well as with a pouching aid for covering or slipping over a bag-shaped packaging means over the pouching aid with the slices (S) of the sliced loaf lying on it, the pouching aid comprising a collar section (8),
characterized,
that the external dimensions of the feed chute (6) in directions parallel to the cutting plane (E) are selected greater than or equal to the maximum external dimensions of the loaves of bread to be sliced (B) in these directions,
that the outer dimensions of the cantilever section (8) in directions parallel to the cutting plane (E) at least at a free end (8 ') facing away from the feed chute (6) are selected to be smaller than the outer dimensions of the feed chute (6) in these directions,
and that the receiving shaft (7) is designed as a pouching aid with a cantilever section (8) and is arranged within a cover (2 ') of the machine housing (2). Bread cutting machine according to claim 1, characterized by an electronic control device (14) which is designed to transport the uncut loaf of bread (B) from the receiving shaft (7) into the feed shaft (6) at the cutting knife (5 ') moved out of the knife gap (5'). 5) past and then to effect a return transport of the loaf of bread (B) to be sliced from the feed shaft (6) into the receiving shaft (7), the cutting knife (5) being moved into and out of the knife gap (5 ') during the return transport is thereby effected that a slicing the bread loaf (B) in mutually parallel slices (S). Bread slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving shaft (7) is formed by two sheet metal sections (9 ', 9 ") adjoining each other at an angle, which together are L-shaped in cross-section. Bread slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving shaft (7) at its end (8 ″) facing the feed shaft (6) is approximately the same width as the feed shaft (6) in this area, parallel to the cutting plane (E). Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a connecting axis of the feed chute (6) with the receiving chute (7) is arranged inclined relative to the vertical, preferably by about 45 °. Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the knife arm (4) is designed to move the cutting knife (5) on a curve, preferably a circular curve. Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that through slots (6 ') for bread crumbs to fall through are formed in the feed shaft (6). Bread cutting machine according to claim 7, characterized in that a crumb box (10) is arranged below the through slots (6 ') of the feed shaft (6), which box has in particular a deflector plate (11). Bread slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a feed plate (12) with gripper (13) is provided for holding the loaf of bread (B), which is from an end of the feed chute (6) facing away from the receiving chute (7) to over the knife gap (5 ') and back again, and on which the loaf of bread (B) introduced into the feed shaft (6) rests at the front. Bread slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cutting knife (5) in a non-activated state outside the knife gap (5 ') cannot be touched from outside the cover (2') of the machine housing (2) in the bread slicing machine (1) is arranged. Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the receiving shaft (7) is arranged in such a way that an uncut loaf of bread (B) can be placed on the collar section (8) by a user before the cutting process, and that the slices (S) of the After the cutting process, sliced loafs of bread can be removed from the collar section (8) by the user, preferably after slipping over a bag-shaped packaging means. Bread cutting machine according to one of claims 2 to 11, characterized in that the bread cutting machine (1) has a shorter and a longer side, an input device for the electronic control device (14) and the cantilever section (8) from the shorter side of the bread cutting machine (1 ) are accessible to a user. Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the cover (2 ') of the machine housing (2) can be moved in a rotary movement on a guide rail (15). Bread cutting machine according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that there is a sensor (16) for emergency shutdown of the bread cutting machine (1), in particular the cutting knife (5). Bread cutting method for cutting slices from a loaf by means of a bread cutting machine (1) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the following steps: a) introducing an uncut loaf of bread (B), preferably via the receiving chute (7), into the feed chute (6); b) cutting the loaf of bread (B) into slices (S); c) conveying the panes (S) to the cantilever section (8) of the receiving shaft (7); d) slipping a bag-shaped packaging means over the tucking-in aid of the collar section (8) with the slices (S) of the sliced loaf of bread lying thereon with the cover (2 ') of the machine housing (2) open; e) Removal of the bag-shaped packaging means with the slices (S) contained therein of the cut loaf of bread from the collar section (8).

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