US 11,751,577 B2
Cutting apparatus
Aainani Abdessamad, Grönenbach (DE); Josef Mayer, Memmingerberg (DE); Fabian Müller, Betzigau (DE); Markus Seidel, Egg an der Günz (DE); and Matthias Hehle, Waltenhofen (DE)
Assigned to Textor Maschinenbau GmbH, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed by Textor Maschinenbau GmbH, Wolfertschwenden (DE)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/10,431.
Claims priority of application No. 102019123487.5 (DE), filed on Sep. 2, 2019; and application No. 102019123999.0 (DE), filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059266 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
Prior Publication US 2023/0157307 A9, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B26D 1/143 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B26D 1/15 (2006.01); B26D 1/00 (2006.01); B26D 11/00 (2006.01); B26D 1/147 (2006.01); B26D 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/0033 (2013.01) [A22C 17/00 (2013.01); B26D 1/143 (2013.01); B26D 1/147 (2013.01); B26D 1/15 (2013.01); B26D 1/28 (2013.01); B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); B26D 11/00 (2013.01); B26D 2001/006 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting apparatus for cutting off or slicing meat products having a product feed that is configured to guide at least one first product and at least one second product simultaneously along a feed direction (Z) into a cutting region, includes a first rotating blade and a second rotating blade for cutting off or slicing the products into smaller pieces,
wherein the product feed has a first conveying means for guiding the at least one first product into the cutting region and a second conveying means for guiding the at least one second product into the cutting region, wherein the first rotating blade is associated with the first conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one first product, wherein the second rotating blade is associated with the second conveying means and is provided for cutting off or slicing the at least one second product,
the product feed comprising a common support structure for supporting the first conveying means and the second conveying means,
the support structure having a center support that extends in the feed direction (Z) and that is arranged between and extends above the first conveying means and the second conveying means,
the first conveying means and the second conveying means mounted on the center support, and the center support being fixedly connected to a frame supported on a ground surface, with the center support holding the first conveying means and the second conveying means in fixed relation to the frame.