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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank S Kasper, Orland Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
AMCA International Corporation, Hanover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83 23 ; 83 73 ; 83 74 ; 83 77 ; 83367 ;
Abstract
The thickness of slices cut by an automatic slicing machine is controlled to produce a draft of slices having a predetermined weight. Desired thickness is determined in accordance with the cross-sectional density of the food product being sliced, which is obtained from the weight and thickness of the most recently cut slice or slices. This information is combined with a desired weight for each of the remaining slices to be cut in the draft to control the rate of advance of the food product into a continuously rotating knife so as to obtain the proper thickness.