WO2020007642A1 - Procédé pour saisir et éliminer l'extrémité d'un produit alimentaire - Google Patents

Procédé pour saisir et éliminer l'extrémité d'un produit alimentaire Download PDF

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WO2020007642A1
WO2020007642A1 PCT/EP2019/066764 EP2019066764W WO2020007642A1 WO 2020007642 A1 WO2020007642 A1 WO 2020007642A1 EP 2019066764 W EP2019066764 W EP 2019066764W WO 2020007642 A1 WO2020007642 A1 WO 2020007642A1
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Christian Burger
Wilfried Schaafhausen
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/18—Means for removing cut-out material or waste
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0625—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by endless conveyors, e.g. belts
    • B26D7/0633—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by endless conveyors, e.g. belts by grippers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D2210/00—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials
    • B26D2210/02—Machines or methods used for cutting special materials for cutting food products, e.g. food slicers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
    • B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
    • B26D7/06—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form
    • B26D7/0625—Arrangements for feeding or delivering work of other than sheet, web, or filamentary form by endless conveyors, e.g. belts

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  • the present invention relates to a gripper for a device for slicing one or more food products, in particular sausage, ham and / or cheese. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the device itself, as well as a method for gripping a food product and a method for Disposal of an end piece.
  • the object is achieved with a device for slicing one or more food products, in particular sausage, ham and / or cheese, a track being provided for each food product, along which it is transported in the direction of a moving knife that from the front end of the
  • Food product separates food slices, the device having a gripper for fixing the rear end of a food product and / or for disposing of an end piece, with at least one form and / or non-positive connection means which can be reversibly engaged with the circumference of the rear end of a food product , with an ejector that has no drive and no energy supply ..
  • the present invention relates to a device for cutting open
  • slicing devices are also referred to by the person skilled in the art as “slicers” or “high-performance slicers”. These slicing devices have a moving, in particular rotating, cutting knife which cuts off food slices from the front end of a food product.
  • the cutting knife rotates at up to 1,000 revolutions per minute and more and / or interacts with a cutting edge which is provided, for example, at the front end of a product support and which, together with the knife, defines the cutting plane in which food slices are separated from the food product , There is a cutting gap between the cutting knife and the cutting bar, which should be as small as possible to prevent "chopping" of parts of the food product.
  • the cutting gap must be large enough that the knife does not touch the cutting edge if possible.
  • the food product is transported continuously or intermittently along a track in the direction of the cutting knife. After a slice has been cut from the respective food product, the cutting knife disengages from the respective food product, in order to then penetrate the food product again and cut off the next food slice. The feed of the respective food product between two cuts determines the thickness of the cut food slice. The cut off
  • slices of food fall onto a storage table on which they are combined into portions. As soon as a portion is finished, it is made from the
  • the slicing device is preferably provided in multiple tracks, i. that is, several food products are cut open by a knife, in particular at least partially simultaneously or at least partially sequentially.
  • the device has its own track for each food product, along which it is transported in the direction of the knife.
  • the gripper has at least one, preferably a plurality of positive and / or non-positive locking means, each of which can be reversibly engaged with the circumference of the rear end of the food product.
  • the positive and / or non-positive agent penetrates into the circumference of the food product and preferably at least partially penetrates its cross section. The direction of penetration preferably extends essentially at a 90 ° angle to the direction of transport of the food product.
  • the positive and / or non-positive means of a track is only engaged with a single food product at the same time and the gripper has an ejector with which the end piece can be removed from the positive and / or non-positive means.
  • the ejector is preferably a fork with one or more, in particular two prongs, which particularly preferably cooperate with this on one side of the circumference of the food bar.
  • the ejector is preferably a scraper, in particular a scraper that does not have any
  • Has energy supply such as electrical energy, pneumatics and / or hydraulics, which in particular serves to detach the end piece from the gripper.
  • the output preferably also has no means for storing energy, such as a spring.
  • the ejector is provided essentially stationary.
  • the discharge is provided to be movable along a stationary backdrop.
  • the force and / or positive locking means is provided on a, preferably non-drive, slide. This sled points
  • the carriage can be transferred from a parking position, in which the food product is not in engagement, to a slicing position, in which the form and / or non-positive engagement means engage with the rear end of the food product.
  • the sled is in the slicing position of the food product itself or a lower and / or upper traction belt, which is provided on the slicing device, along the respective track in the direction of the cutting knife and away therefrom moved away.
  • the carriage is preferably frictionally engaged with the respective one
  • the carriage is preferably connected in the park position and particularly preferably at least temporarily in the cut-open position to a movement means which transfers the slide from the park to the cut-open position and which particularly preferably has a guide, in particular a linear guide, along which the slide moves relative to one another the guide means can move towards and away from the cutting knife.
  • This guide is designed, for example, as a plain bearing.
  • the linear guide is preferably designed in such a way that it can at least absorb gravitational forces, so that the slide does not automatically detach itself from the movement means in the park position.
  • Such a guide has, for example, an undercut and is designed, for example, as a dovetail guide.
  • the slide is guided with the guide, preferably as long as it is not yet sufficiently covered with one of the
  • Traction belts have that forces transverse to the direction of transport of the food product can be sufficiently absorbed.
  • the force and / or positive locking means and / or the slide can be moved linearly, in particular at an angle> 0 ° and ⁇ 90 ° relative to a transport direction of the food product.
  • the engagement of the positive and / or non-positive locking means preferably takes place while the food product is moving in the direction of the cutting knife.
  • the positive and / or non-positive locking means preferably takes place while the food product is moving in the direction of the cutting knife.
  • a gripper can preferably grip several food products, which in particular are cut open at least temporarily at the same time.
  • the positive and / or non-positive connection between the positive and / or non-positive connection means and the end piece of the food product is preferably canceled during the transfer of the slide from the slicing to the parking position.
  • the ejector is preferably designed as an essentially rigid element that prevents the movement of the end piece together with the form and / or non-positive connection means. This results in a relative movement between the end piece and the shape and / or Non-positive connection means, which are used to strip the end piece from the form and / or
  • the device preferably has a fixed backdrop in which the ejector is guided and moves, in particular without its own, when the movement means and / or the slide moves from the parking position into the cut-open position and back.
  • a roller is preferably provided at one end of the ejector and moves in the backdrop.
  • the slicing device has a product support which transports the food product in the direction of the cutting knife and / or which carries the food product.
  • the product support preferably has a lower traction belt and a loading belt, the loading belt preferably being part of a loading rocker.
  • the loading rocker preferably transports the food products transversely to their conveying direction when slicing.
  • a gap is preferably provided between the two bands through which an end piece can be disposed of.
  • the gap can preferably be increased reversibly, in particular before and / or while the end piece is being pushed off.
  • the enlargement is preferably carried out by rotating and / or pivoting the
  • the rotary swivel axis or shaft of the loading arm is preferably provided below the lower traction belt in relation to the vertical.
  • the device preferably has a lower and an upper traction belt, which transport the food product and / or the carriage along the respective track in the direction of the knife and away from it.
  • the traction belts stand still or even move at least the front end of the knife facing the knife
  • the upper traction belt preferably exerts pressure on the circumference of the food product and / or the sled.
  • the upper linear traction band is from one traction position to one
  • the upper traction belt has a linear drive with which it can be reversibly displaced in the direction of the lower traction belt, for example while the end piece is being dropped and / or while a new food product is being loaded. This prevents the end piece from reaching the area of the knife and preventing the new food product from moving in the direction of the knife.
  • the upper traction band can also serve as a stop for the front end of the food product, for example in order to have a defined starting position for the food product.
  • the upper traction belt is raised again so that it can enter into frictional engagement with the upper circumference of the food product.
  • the upper traction belt preferably does not pivot or rotate.
  • the object is also achieved with a method for gripping the rear end of a food product with a form and / or non-positive locking agent during the cutting of the food product, in which the positive and / or non-positive locking agent is brought to the circumference of the rear end of the food product and the shape - And / or adhesion means is brought into contact with only a single food bar at the same time.
  • the positive and / or non-positive connection means is preferably provided on a carriage which is driven only by the food product itself and / or at least one traction belt.
  • Another solution to the problem is a method for disposing of a
  • End piece of a food product the end piece being reversibly connected with at least one form and / or non-positive connection means in which the form and / or
  • Traction means is transferred from a parking position into a cut-open position and back and in which the end piece is stripped off during the backward movement.
  • Figure 1 shows a slicer
  • FIGS 2-16 show the subject matter of the present invention
  • FIG. 1 shows a slicing device 5.
  • the slicing device 5 has one
  • Cutting knife 11 which cuts a food product 2 into food slices 12.
  • each food product 2 is transported continuously or intermittently in the direction of the cutting plane 6 of the knife 11 with a conveyor 4, here two conveyor belts 4.
  • the lower conveyor belt 4 is also a product support.
  • Cutting knife 11 is fastened to a rotating knife holder 3 and interacts with a cutting edge 9 which is provided, for example, at the front end of a product support 4 and which together define the cutting plane 6.
  • a so-called cutting gap is present between the knife 11 and the cutting edge 9, which should be as small as possible, but must be so large that the knife does not touch the cutting edge. This gap must be adjusted regularly. This can be done by moving the knife and / or the cutting edge. In addition, the cutting edge must be aligned parallel to the knife.
  • the food slices After being cut off, the food slices generally fall onto a storage table 1 which is provided with transport means, for example a conveyor belt or transport belt, on which they are configured to form a portion 14, here a stack.
  • the finished portions 14 are then removed from the cutting knife area and then packaged.
  • a shim can be provided under the transport means of the storage table, which prevents in particular an excessive elongation of the transport means.
  • the slice thickness results from the feed distance of the food product between two cuts.
  • the slicing device can have a gripper 8 per feed line, which grips the rear, rear end 13 of the
  • Each gripper is preferably provided on a gripper carriage (not shown) which moves the grippers back and forth, in particular parallel to the feed direction of the food product.
  • the slicing device is preferably provided in multiple tracks, i. that is, several food products 2 are cut open by a knife, in particular at least temporarily at the same time or at least temporarily sequentially.
  • the device has its own track 7 for each food product, along which it is transported in the direction of the knife 11.
  • FIGS. 2-16 show the gripper according to the invention and the device according to the invention and show the gripping of the rear end of a food product, the ejection of the end piece and the reloading of the slicing device.
  • FIG. 2 shows the gripper 8 according to the invention, which has a positive and / or non-positive connection means 16, here a gripper fork, which is reversibly provided on a carriage 22.
  • the carriage 22 is in turn provided on a movement means 21, with which it can be transferred from a parking position shown in FIG. 2 to a cutting position, which can be seen in FIGS. 4-9.
  • the movement means has a drive, which in the present case is a linear drive by means of a movable piston 19 which is provided in a guide 20.
  • the gripper 8 has an ejector 23, which in the present case is embodied as a rod, plate or the like, one of which is provided with a roller in a link 24, which is stationary on the
  • Non-positive connection between the form and / or non-positive connection means 16 and an end piece 26 is not possible.
  • the slicing device according to the invention has a product support 4, which in the present case is formed by a lower traction belt 18, which is preferably provided adjacent to a cutting bar 9 and a loading belt 15 located upstream thereof with respect to the transport direction 30 of the product. Furthermore, an upper traction belt 10 is provided, with which the food product 2 and / or the carriage 22 can be pressed against the lower traction belt.
  • Traction belts 10, 18 are used to transport the food product in the direction of the cutting knife and thus to adjust the slice thickness to be cut.
  • Another traction belt 17 can optionally be provided.
  • the parking position of the carriage 22 is then preferably between the upper traction bands 10, 17th
  • the carriage 22 is moved by means of the movement means 21 from the park into the slicing position as soon as the slicing of the food bar or the transportation of the food bar in the direction of the knife has progressed to such an extent that the rear one End 13 is located in the area of the form and / or power shot 16.
  • the form and / or non-positive connection means 16 come into contact with the circumference 31 of the rear end 13 of the food product and then at least partially penetrate the cross section of the product in such a way that a reliable positive and / or non-positive connection arises between the food product and the slide 22.
  • the slide 22 is then first pulled by the product in the direction of the cutting knife and is thereby guided by a guide 34 which is provided on the drive means 21. Thereafter, as can be seen in particular in FIGS. 5-7, the carriage is also transported by means of the lower and upper traction belt by means of frictional engagement.
  • the upper and lower traction belt also ensures that the carriage 22 can absorb the transverse forces or torques that occur during the slicing, so that a controlled slicing of the remnant of the food product is possible.
  • the end piece 26 is withdrawn, as shown in FIG. 8, and the slide 22 comes into engagement with the guide 34 again As soon as the slide has reached its end position relative to the movement means 21 (see FIG. 9), the slide 22 is brought back into its parking position by means of the movement means 21. Before and / or in the process, the upper traction band 10 is displaced linearly in the direction of the lower traction band and this blocks access to the cutting plane 6, so that the end piece 26 cannot accidentally come into contact with the cutting knife.
  • Force-locking means 16 is stripped off and then falls into a receptacle 26.
  • the loading belt can be lowered from a slicing position into a loading position parallel to the ejection of the end piece 26 if the loading belt 15 is designed as a loading oscillator, as shown in the figures.
  • the pivot point 27 of the loading arm which is located here below the lower traction belt, when lowering the loading arm; that is to say, clockwise rotation, the gap 35 through which the end piece falls into the container 29 can be enlarged.
  • the respective track is free again in order to be able to cut a new food product.
  • the reloading of the track with a new food product is shown in FIGS. 14-16.
  • the loading arm is rotated again from its parking to the slicing position, here counter-clockwise, preferably until the food product reaches the rear
  • Traction belt 17 bumps. Then the upper traction belt 10 is again in its

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La présente invention concerne un organe de préhension pour un dispositif servant à découper un ou plusieurs produits alimentaires, notamment de la saucisse, du jambon et/ou du fromage. La présente invention concerne en outre le dispositif lui-même ainsi qu'un procédé pour saisir un produit alimentaire et un procédé pour éliminer une extrémité.
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