Patent ID: 6935215

Claim:
A slicing and conveying system comprising: a loaf feed arranged to deliver a loaf end into a cutting plane; a blade operable to slice said loaf in said cutting plane; a loaf guide assembly having two relatively movable guide parts that define an adjustable space that is adjacent to said cutting plane, said space guiding said loaf into said cutting plane, said space adjustable in size by movement of at least one of said guide parts; a displacement sensor mounted to be moved by one of said guide parts; an output conveyor located below said loaf at said cutting plane to receive slices from said loaf, said output conveyor movable during slicing to offset a current slice from a previous slice to form a draft having a lateral dimension; and a control, said control having a control output that is signal-connected to said output conveyor to control movement of said output conveyor, said control having a control input that is signal-connected to said displacement sensor, said control configured to adjust the movement of said output conveyor to adjust the lateral dimension of said draft given a varying dimension of said loaf.