Patent ID: 11945132
Assignee: MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & CO. KG
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A multi-track slicing machine for slicing product calibers into slices, the slicing machine comprising:
a cutting unit; and
a feed unit with a feed conveyor for feeding the calibers to the cutting unit comprising:
one gripper per track,
multiple gripper slides which carry the grippers,
first and second parallel slide guides arranged on opposite sides with respect to a longitudinal center of the feed conveyor, as seen in plan view, wherein a first gripper slide of the multiple gripper slides is movable in a controlled manner in a feeding direction along the first slide guide, and a second gripper slide of the multiple gripper slides is movable in a controlled manner in the feeding direction along the second slide guide, wherein the multiple gripper slides include a third gripper slide that is movable with respect to the first slide guide, and a fourth gripper slide that is movable with respect to the second slide guide, and wherein an actuator connects the first gripper slide and the third gripper slide and is configured to move the third gripper slide relative to the first gripper slide along the first slide guide, the first gripper slide and the third gripper slide are spaced away from the second slide guide, and the second gripper slide and the fourth gripper slide are spaced away from the first slide guide.