US 12,458,033 B2
Cutting machine and method for slicing a loaf into slices
Thomas Voelkl, Bruckmuehl (DE); and Dominik Rothenaichner, Bruckmuehl (DE)
Assigned to TVI Entwicklung & Produktion GmbH, Bruckmuehl (DE)
Appl. No. 17/604,409
Filed by TVI ENTWICKLUNG & PRODUKTION GMBH, Bruckmuehl (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/060684
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/212475, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019110026.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304318 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC A22C 17/0033 (2013.01) [B26D 7/01 (2013.01); B26D 7/0608 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting machine for slicing a loaf of elastic material into slices, comprising:
a base frame,
a forming tube channel fixed in the base frame and extending in an axial direction, with an open longitudinal side and a channel cavity open at both ends,
at least one cross press stamp to fit into the open longitudinal side of the forming tube channel for forming a forming tube having a rear end and a cutting end,
a longitudinal press drive positioned in alignment with the forming tube and capable of applying a force in the axial direction for axially driving one of a plurality of longitudinal press stamps into the forming tube from the rear end and advancing and longitudinally pressing the loaf therein toward the cutting end of the forming tube,
a cutting device with a blade which is arranged in front of the cutting end of the forming tube and is displaceable in a transverse direction relative to the forming tube,
wherein
a width of the channel cavity of the forming tube channel is variable,
the at least one cross press stamp comprises a plurality of cross press stamps of different widths which can be inserted into the open longitudinal side of the forming tube channel, and
a cross press drive is provided for displacing a cross press stamp of the plurality of cross press stamps into the open longitudinal side of the forming tube channel in a first transverse direction, which is a transverse press direction.