Ryowa Co., Ltd.

Ryowa Corporation

Masao Terai

A food slicer includes an end detecting device for detecting end portions of a food fed by a feeder. A retaining member is arranged to be movable with the food in a feeding direction of the feeder and to be retractable at substantially a right angle to the feeding direction to penetrate into and depart from the food. A controller is responsive to a detection signal of the end detecting device for causing the retaining member to penetrate into and hold the other end of the food and to travel with the food until the other end of the food comes close to a rotary knife.

Food slicer

Articles aligned on a belt conveyor are transferred, without being clamped, to predetermined article delivery positions at the packaging machine. To this end, articles 1 are transferred onto a positioning conveyor 21 having comb-like interteeth clearances. Articles 1 are caused to dwell at a predetermined position on the positioning conveyor 21, and the conveyor 21 is stopped and then lowered to allow the upper surface 61a of holding bars 61 of a slide conveyor 22 to be exposed through the comb-like interteeth clearances, whereupon articles 1 transfer onto the upper surface 61a of the holding bars 61. The slide conveyor 22 is advanced to move the holding bars 61 to a location below pivot shutters 79 of an elevating frame 66 which is on standby at its most elevated position. The elevating frame 66 is then lowered to allow the articles 1 on the holding bars 61 to transfer onto the pivot shutters 79. The elevating frame 66 is further lowered and the pivot shutters 79 are opened, whereupon the articles 1 drop by gravity into the article delivery positions 49.

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Wakayama, Japan

Masao Terai