DEVICE FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC B02C18/00 A22C25/18 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the food industry, and more particularly to the field of automated equipment for cutting food blades into slices. Device comprises a drive device and a discharge device provided with actuators in the form of two conveyor lines, each line being composed of two conveyors mounted at an angle to each other. Cutting device includes at least two sickle-shaped cutting tools fixed to reciprocal movement with mutual intersection of the cutting edges. Between the two lines of the conveyors is placed a vertically oriented supporting flat ring on which the electric motor is fixed, connected by a gear transmission with a drive flat ring, mounted concentrically to the supporting flat ring. Cutting tools are evenly distributed and installed on the end face of the drive flat ring on the sleeves with the ability to rotate, and at the end of the supporting flat ring with the ability to rotate while rotating the drive flat ring. Device is further provided with a measuring unit located in front of the cutting tools above the conveyor line, including a laser source and a photodetector, as well as a computing unit, the computing unit being associated with conveyor drives, a laser source, a photodetector and an electric motor.

EFFECT: device provides increased productivity and improved cut quality of the product.

1 cl, 6 dwg