Method and means of apportioning and cutting meat

Details Method and means of apportioning and cutting meat Method and means of apportioning and cutting meat

1983-12-05

1985-10-29

Yost, Frank T.

Cutting

Processes

Plural cutting steps

83244, 83268, 83278, B26D 706

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045494584

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for apportioning and cutting a loaf of meat into slices of equal thickness. The apparatus includes a frame, a meat compartment in the frame adapted to receive the loaf of meat, a measuring device on the frame for apportioning the loaf into a predetermined number or thickness of slices to be cut, a cutting blade on the frame to cut the loaf into the plurality of slices, an advancement ram connected to the measuring device for advancing the loaf after each slice is cut, and a control system interconnecting the measuring device and cutting blade so that the cutting blade will sequentially cut the loaf into the plurality of slices of equal thickness. The measuring device includes a first elongated member having calibrations of equal increments for substantially simultaneously apportioning the number and thickness of slices into which the loaf is to be cut. The method of apportioning the loaf of meat into a plurality of equal slices includes sensing the length of the loaf, dividing the loaf into a plurality of slices of substantially equal thickness with the measuring device, and cutting the loaf with the cutting blade into the plurality of slices of equal thickness.

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