US 12,246,467 B2
Slicing apparatus
Sigfrid Bauer, Groß Teetzleben (DE); and Axel Zimansky, Neubrandenburg (DE)
Assigned to Weber Food Technology GmbH, Breidenbach (DE)
Filed by WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Breidenbach (DE)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,780.
Application 18/137,780 is a continuation of application No. 17/835,773, filed on Jun. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,667,050.
Application 17/835,773 is a continuation of application No. 17/385,256, filed on Jul. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,383,398, issued on Jul. 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20188434 (EP), filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0249373 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B65G 1/04 (2006.01); B65G 1/07 (2006.01); B65G 1/08 (2006.01); B65G 17/12 (2006.01); B65G 17/34 (2006.01); B65G 21/20 (2006.01); B65G 23/38 (2006.01); B65G 47/08 (2006.01); B65G 47/57 (2006.01); B65G 47/82 (2006.01); B65G 47/88 (2006.01)
CPC B26D 7/0641 (2013.01) [B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); B65G 1/0464 (2013.01); B65G 1/07 (2013.01); B65G 1/08 (2013.01); B65G 17/123 (2013.01); B65G 17/34 (2013.01); B65G 21/2045 (2013.01); B65G 23/38 (2013.01); B65G 47/08 (2013.01); B65G 47/57 (2013.01); B65G 47/82 (2013.01); B65G 47/8807 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A slicing apparatus for slicing food products into slices, the slicing apparatus comprising a feeding unit configured to feed products along a feeding direction into a cutting region in which a blade for slicing the products into slices is arranged,
wherein the feeding unit comprises a trimming cutter to cut off a part of the products during the feeding into the cutting region,
wherein the trimming cutter is arranged to cut the products along the feeding direction for cutting off the part of the products,
wherein a selection gap for sorting out the part of the product that has been cut off from the product is formed in the feeding unit,
wherein the selection gap is arranged subsequently, downstream to the trimming cutter in the feeding direction, such that the part of the product that has been cut off by the trimming cutter falls through the selection gap,
wherein the slicing apparatus comprises a scanning device that scans the products that are fed over the selection gap into the cutting region, wherein the scanning device is arranged to scan the products through the selection gap.