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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1979
Johannes M Oostvogels, Delft, NL;
Maatschappij van Berkel's Patent N.V., Leidschendam, NL;
Abstract
A drive mechanism for the reciprocating meat supporting carriage of a meat slicing machine wherein the carriage supports the meat product to be sliced and moves the meat product relative to a power driven knife, and which includes an endless belt trained over longitudinally spaced apart pulleys, thereby defining upper and lower horizontal belt runs extending between the pulleys, a drive member connected along the belt and having a driving lug mounted intermediate the ends thereof, the driving lug slidably engaging a drive slot formed in a driven bar extending from the carriage, the slot extending perpendicular to the direction of movement of the carriage, and the ends of the drive member being connected to the belt such that the path of the driving lug during the time the connected ends of the drive member traverse the pulleys follows a path substantially longer than the path of either connected end of the drive member, whereby the deceleration and acceleration forces of the driving lug are substantially less than those of the connected ends of the drive member.