Patent ID: 6351927
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A portioning device for packaging in containers such as trays a pre-established amount of foodstuff such as ground meat, supplied by an extrusion plate (7) of a grinder (1), the portioning device laying a mass of ground meat delivered evenly as a strip (2) onto a belt conveyor (9) which proceeds from an area underlying said extrusion plate (7) to a filling area for said containers (16), said portioning device comprising:an element (3) located and fixed crosswise above said belt conveyor (9) to lift a length of the strip from the conveyor (9); and a cutting element (6) located on said fixed element (3), which operates at pre-set instants to generate metered portions (5) of meat for direct unloading in said containers; said fixed element (3) being provided with an initial angled section changing from a grazing crosswise position with respect to said conveyor (9) to a lifted position spaced from the conveyor (9); said angled section proceeding with a flat terminal section wherein a crosswise slot (22) is cut for allowing passage therethrough of said cutting element, said flat terminal section supporting and spacing out the strip (2) from the conveyor (9).