US 11,931,915 B2
Cutting apparatus for cutting a substantially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in a transport direction T and method and apparatus for removing a substantially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in a transport direction T having such a cutting apparatus
Stefan Giesler, Lübeck (DE); and Torsten Rusko, Herrnburg (DE)
Assigned to Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
Appl. No. 17/438,199
Filed by Nordischer Maschinenbau Rud. Baader GmbH + Co. KG, Lübeck (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/058971
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/207568, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219349 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B26D 7/00 (2006.01); A22C 25/16 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B26D 7/26 (2006.01); A22C 25/08 (2006.01); A22C 25/18 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/2635 (2013.01) [A22C 25/16 (2013.01); B26D 5/007 (2013.01); B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); A22C 25/08 (2013.01); A22C 25/18 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting apparatus, designed and configured for cutting an essentially V-shaped strip from meat products fed in a transport direction, comprising:
a knife carrier having two knife units, each knife unit comprising;
a circular knife and a drive for rotationally driving the circular knife about a central axis of rotation;
the two circular knives being set substantially in a V-shape to each other in a position enclosing an angle α; and
the knife units having an adjustable arrangement for setting a size of the angle α on the knife carrier;
wherein an offset of the two central axes of rotation to each other is equal to zero in the transport direction and the two knife units are adjustable exclusively synchronously with each other.