Apparatus and method for portioning food

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8622727
APP PUB NO 20110159162A1
SERIAL NO

12598863

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A device and a method for portioning food, in particular meat, into portions with a predetermined weight and/or predetermined thickness are proposed. To this end a press unit (1) with at least two elongated press chambers (3a, 3b) and with respectively one closure element (5a, 5b) per press chamber (3a, 3b), a closure element drive (7) in order to displace the closure element (5a, 5b) in the press chamber (3a, 3b) and to adjust the cross section of the press chamber (3a, 3b), at least one pressure ram (8) for the press chambers (3a, 3b), which is equipped with a pressure ram drive (38) in order to displace the pressure ram (8) in the longitudinal direction of the press chamber (3a, 3b), a portioning plate (2) with several portioning chambers (9), a portioning plate drive (12) in order to move the portioning plate (2) relative to the press unit (1), a cutting element between the press unit (1) and the portioning plate (2) and a cutting element drive (34) in order to move the cutting element relative to the press unit (1) are provided.

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MAJA MASCHINENFABRIK HERMANN SCHILL GMBH & CO KGTULLASTRASSE 4 KEHL-GOLDSCHEUER D77694

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ilch, Hartmut Kehl, DE 14 104
Schill, Joachim Kehl, DE 15 61

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