Patent ID: 8246427

Claim:
An apparatus to separate a surface layer of a product in the food industry, comprising: a transport device to transport the product from an input region to an output region; a pressure device to press the product against the transport device; a separating device arranged in the output region to separate the surface layer from the product, the separating device defining a separating gap between the separating device and the transport device; a substantially cylindrical, rotatably controllable deflecting device arranged in the output region, the deflecting device having a shape varying in at least one of an axial direction and a circumferential direction, wherein the transport device is guided round the varying shape of the deflecting device to create a variable process gap to separate the surface layer of the product from the product; a detection device to detect at least one of geometrical data and image data of the product; and a control unit to control at least the deflecting device based on at least one of the detected geometrical data and image data of the product.