Patent ID: 7121066

Claim:
An installation for slicing whole loaves and packaging each sliced loaf in its entirety or in halves after splitting of the loaf that has been sliced in its entirety, comprising: a slicing device comprising multiple cutter members for slicing whole loaves, a packaging device which is disposed downstream of the slicing device and is suitable both for packaging a sliced loaf in its entirety and for packaging sliced half loaves; a splitting means disposed downstream of the slicing device for splitting a sliced whole loaf into a first and a second half, adjacent and separate first and second conveyor paths provided between the slicing device and the packaging devices, for conveying the first half and the second half respectively of a sliced loaf, and wherein a positioning device is disposed between the slicing device and the packaging device, in which the positioning device is adapted to turn a first half of a sliced loaf arriving at the positioning device by way of the first conveyor path, and to place said half in the same orientation on the second conveyor path as a second half of a sliced loaf arriving at the positioning device by way of said second conveyor path.