Patent ID: 7214047

Claim:
A cutting machine for the slicing of food products, in particular having an unstable outer contour, comprising: at least one cutting head ( 1 ) having a drive unit; knives ( 2 ) that revolve in a planetary manner in a cutting plane ( 3 ); and at least one product supply unit ( 4 ) having devices ( 6 , 7 ) for holding a product ( 5 ) to be cut, guiding said product ( 5 ) and pushing said product ( 5 ) forward to the cutting plane ( 3 ), wherein the product supply unit ( 4 ) includes a plurality of transport and shaping belts ( 7 ) that are distributed over a peripheral contour of the product ( 5 ) and that are driven in a revolving manner, and includes conveyor runs ( 8 ) that can be set individually against the transported product ( 5 ) with a pre-settable pressure.