Patent ID: 8783142

Claim:
Method for the cutting of pieces of predetermined length (“sticks”) from a cheese mass, wherein the cheese mass is shaped in a continuous process to a wide cheese bar of predetermined thickness, wherein the cheese bar is fed to a longitudinal cutting apparatus via a conveyor belt with conveying speed, wherein the cheese bar is cut by the longitudinal cutting apparatus initially in longitudinal strips lying parallel next to one another, wherein the longitudinal strips lying parallel next to one another on the conveyor belt are cut into pieces by a transverse cutting device, wherein the transverse cutting device has a transverse cutting knife, bridging part of the cheese bar such that the edges of the cheese bar remain uncut, the transverse cutting knife is entrained with the cheese bar at the conveying speed during the transverse cutting and the cheese pieces created via the longitudinal cutting and the transverse cutting are conveyed away, wherein the uncut edge strips of the cheese bar remaining after creating the cheese pieces are removed from the conveyor belt and conveyed away for separate further processing.