Invention Publication
- Patent Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LONGITUDINALLY CUTTING A RIBBON OF FOOD, IN PARTICULAR A RIBBON OF CHEESE, INTO STRIPS
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Application No.: US17917243Application Date: 2021-03-16
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Publication No.: US20230148561A1Publication Date: 2023-05-18
- Inventor: SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT
- Applicant: HOCHLAND SE
- Applicant Address: DE HEIMENKIRCH
- Assignee: HOCHLAND SE
- Current Assignee: HOCHLAND SE
- Current Assignee Address: DE HEIMENKIRCH
- Priority: DE 2020109919.3 2020.04.08 DE 2020126159.4 2020.10.06
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/056608 2021.03.16
- Date entered country: 2022-12-15
- Main IPC: A01J27/04
- IPC: A01J27/04 ; B26D1/36 ; B26D1/40

Abstract:
An apparatus for cutting a ribbon of food into strips. The apparatus includes a cutting apparatus toward which the ribbon of food is moved at a transport speed in a transport direction which has a grooved shaft and a cutting shaft. The grooved shaft has grooves which encircle the grooved shaft in the transport direction. The grooved shaft takes over the ribbon of food. The cutting shaft has cutting knives which encircle the cutting shaft in the transport direction. The cutting shaft is arranged opposite to the grooved shaft. The ribbon of food is guided between the cutting shaft and the grooved shaft. One respective cutting knife engages slightly into one respective groove disposed opposite thereto to cut the ribbon of food into the strips. The cutting shaft has a length of at least 600 mm. The grooved shaft has a length of at least 600 mm.
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