Separating device

{
  "publication_number": "US11975458B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Separating device",
  "abstract": "The invention relates to a device for cutting a base web with a separating device as well as a corresponding method, where the separating device can cut a base web into individual bases which can be guided under a fresh product. The separating device comprises a knife device and a counter cutting device, each of which comprise at least two cutting edges. The knife device and/or the counter cutting devices can be moved to and fro in two directions.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A device for feeding cut bases under a fresh product, comprising: a separating device for cutting a base web into individual cut bases, comprising a knife device and a counter cutting device, wherein said knife device and said counter cutting device each comprise at least two cutting edges and said knife device and/or said counter cutting device are configured to be moved to and fro in two directions; two transport devices for said fresh product, wherein the fresh products are transferred from the first transport device to a second transport device, spaced in a transport direction; and a conveyor device for feeding said base web to said separating device, including a supply roll and conveyor rollers, wherein said separating device is arranged such that said base web is configured to be guided between said transport devices and said fresh product is configured to be applied onto said cut bases, wherein said counter cutting device comprises a passage opening disposed within the counter cutting device with an insertion end at which said base web is configured to be inserted and an exit end at which said base web is configured to exit, where said cutting edges of the counter cutting device are arranged opposite one another at said exit end.",
    "2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said knife device and said counter cutting device are configured and arranged such that a cut of said base web is produced when said knife device is moved in a forward direction and/or said counter cutting device is moved in a reverse direction and said knife device is moved in the reverse direction and/or said counter cutting device is moved in the forward direction, wherein a first cutting edge of said knife device and a first cutting edge of said counter cutting device move towards each other and are configured to shear off said base web.",
    "3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said base web is configured to be cut with the respective first cutting edges during the forward motion of said knife device and/or the reverse motion of said counter cutting device and by respective second cutting edges of the knife device and counter cutting device during the reverse motion of said knife device and/or the forward motion of said counter cutting device.",
    "4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said passage opening tapers from said insertion end to said exit end.",
    "5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said knife device comprises one or more individual knives, each with two cutting edges, where said one or more individual knives are arranged consecutively in a direction of movement and an opening is arranged between said one or more individual knives through which said base web is configured to be guided.",
    "6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said base web is configured to be cut consecutively during a forward motion of said one or more individual knives of said knife device and/or a reverse motion of said counter cutting device by said one or more individual knives by a respective second cutting edge of said knife device and a second cutting edge of said counter cutting device, and wherein said base web is configured to be cut consecutively during the reverse motion of said individual knives of said knife device and/or the forward motion of said counter cutting device by said one or more individual knives by a respective first cutting edge of said knife device and a first cutting edge of said counter cutting device.",
    "7. The device according to claim 5, wherein said one or more individual knives are arranged to be linearly movable or said one or more individual knives are arranged to rotate.",
    "8. The device according to claim 1, wherein said counter cutting device is arranged to be linearly movable or said counter cutting device is arranged to rotate.",
    "9. The device according to claim 1, wherein said cutting edges of said knife device do not run in parallel to said cutting edges of said counter cutting device.",
    "10. The device according to claim 9, wherein said cutting edges of said knife device run at an angle of 0.5° to 3° to said cutting edges of said counter cutting device.",
    "11. The device according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises a control device which adjusts an advancement distance in dependence of a position of said counter cutting device to advance said base web from the supply roll of said base web to a point of provision in dependence of a position of said counter cutting device, wherein said point of provision is a location at which said fresh product runs onto said cut bases.",
    "12. The device according to claim 1, wherein said transport device comprises oppositely disposed transport rollers, and wherein one transport roller has a non-cylindrical outer contour and said oppositely disposed transport roller has a complementary non-cylindrical outer contour.",
    "13. The device according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises a control device which actuates said conveyor device for feeding said base web and said transport devices for said fresh product and said separating device, and said control device further comprises a sensor for detecting a position of said incoming fresh product.",
    "14. The device according to claim 13, wherein said conveyor device for feeding said base web and said separating device are actuated in dependence of the position detected by way of said sensor.",
    "15. A method for cutting a base web with a knife device and a counter cutting device, wherein said knife device and said counter cutting device each comprise at least two cutting edges, comprising: cutting said base web when said knife device moves in a forward direction and/or said counting cutting device moves in a reverse direction and when said knife device is moved in the reverse direction and/or said counter cutting device in the forward direction such that, for producing a cut, a cutting edge of said knife device and a cutting edge of said counter cutting device move towards each other and shear off said base web, wherein said counter cutting device comprises a passage opening disposed within the counter cutting device with an insertion end at which said base web is configured to be inserted and an exit end at which said base web is configured to exit, where said cutting edges of the counter cutting device are arranged opposite one another at said exit end.",
    "16. The method according to claim 15, wherein cutting said base web comprises cutting said base web into individual bases, and wherein said knife device and/or said counter cutting device move to and fro in two directions.",
    "17. The method according to claim 15, wherein, after a cut, said knife device and/or said counter cutting device continue to move such that an advancement path for said base web is free again without said knife device and/or said counter cutting device having to be moved back."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to a separating device, a device for feeding bases that have been cut, and a corresponding method for a separating device.\n\nIn the production of fresh products, e.g., foods such as ground meat, burgers, patties etc., paper, film material, or the like are underlaid in the packaging or as an intermediate layer for stacked products to prevent the products from sticking to one another, but also from sticking to conveyor belts or to the packaging. Moisture-absorbing bases, so-called non-woven materials, with which excess moisture is bound in the packaging can also be used as bases. This prevents, firstly, liquid from becoming visible in the packaging and, secondly, that the inner side of the packaging fogs up so that the packaged food is then no longer clearly visible.\n\nThese bases are provided, for example, from a supply roll and are then cut into individual bases. It has been found difficult to continuously cut the bases at great speed and deliver them to the products. This is particularly difficult when the bases are delivered to the products at a separation point between two conveyor belts. For this purpose, the base can be pushed through between the conveyor belts to the extent that a freshly produced product, for example a burger, runs onto the base during passage, e.g., without reducing its speed or without being stopped, and takes the latter along. The base can already be severed to the required length when it is taken over by the product.",
  "cpc": [
    "B26D 1/065",
    "B26D 1/0006",
    "B26D 1/015",
    "B26D 1/385",
    "B26D 2001/006",
    "B26D 7/28",
    "B65B 25/065",
    "B65B 61/06",
    "B65B 61/20",
    "B65H 20/02"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "B26D 1/01",
    "B26D 1/06"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Albert Handtmann Maschinenfabrik GmbH and Co KG"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Stefan Mueller",
    "Peter Willburger",
    "Michael Heim",
    "Robin VOLZ"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2021-06-24",
  "publication_date": "2024-05-07",
  "grant_date": "2024-05-07",
  "priority_date": "2020-06-26",
  "application_number": "US-202117357721-A",
  "family_id": "71266333",
  "cited_by_count": 2,
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