CA2454034A1 - Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly - Google Patents
Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- CA2454034A1 CA2454034A1 CA002454034A CA2454034A CA2454034A1 CA 2454034 A1 CA2454034 A1 CA 2454034A1 CA 002454034 A CA002454034 A CA 002454034A CA 2454034 A CA2454034 A CA 2454034A CA 2454034 A1 CA2454034 A1 CA 2454034A1
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- vacuum packing
- vacuum
- packing unit
- handling
- assembly
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Abandoned
Links
Classifications
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/18—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
- B65D81/20—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
- B65D81/2007—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum
- B65D81/2038—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum with means for establishing or improving vacuum
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A47J43/00—Implements for preparing or holding food, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- A47J43/04—Machines for domestic use not covered elsewhere, e.g. for grinding, mixing, stirring, kneading, emulsifying, whipping or beating foodstuffs, e.g. power-driven
- A47J43/07—Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
- B26D7/00—Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
- B65B25/06—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products
- B65B25/065—Packaging slices or specially-shaped pieces of meat, cheese, or other plastic or tacky products of meat
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B31/00—Packaging articles or materials under special atmospheric or gaseous conditions; Adding propellants to aerosol containers
- B65B31/04—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied
- B65B31/046—Evacuating, pressurising or gasifying filled containers or wrappers by means of nozzles through which air or other gas, e.g. an inert gas, is withdrawn or supplied the nozzles co-operating, or being combined, with a device for opening or closing the container or wrapper
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
- B65B51/00—Devices for, or methods of, sealing or securing package folds or closures; Devices for gathering or twisting wrappers, or necks of bags
- B65B51/10—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof
- B65B51/14—Applying or generating heat or pressure or combinations thereof by reciprocating or oscillating members
- B65B51/148—Hand-operated members
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
- B65D81/18—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient
- B65D81/20—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas
- B65D81/2007—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum
- B65D81/2023—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents providing specific environment for contents, e.g. temperature above or below ambient under vacuum or superatmospheric pressure, or in a special atmosphere, e.g. of inert gas under vacuum in a flexible container
-
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
- B26D—CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING
- B26D1/00—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
- B26D1/01—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work
- B26D1/12—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis
- B26D1/14—Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member or particular materials not otherwise provided for; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a cutting member moving about an axis with a circular cutting member, e.g. disc cutter
Abstract
The invention relates to a handling ar processing machine-vacuum packing unit assembly comprising a handing or processing machine (2) for the handling or processing of a product to be vacuum packed and a vacuum packing unit (3) designed to work sequentially with said handling or processing machine (2).
Description
es~~.l~'N~7 ~~~ t(ACVUsYI-p~~r~l~~ ~Ja~~~l~l~~rr The present invention relates to a slicing and vacuum-packing assembly, particularly suitable for slicing and pramptly vacuum-packing food produce, e.g. ham, salami and meat.
In the field of the sale and distribution of food products thwre is an ever increasing need of packing food soon after the same has been t~rorked of handled to ensure that it is stored under the best possible conditions for an as long as possible time interval. This is rrspec:ialiy true for sliced meat or salami which is usually subject to rapid oxidation and deterioration processes if left exposed to the air- ~, ~rhole technical field haS been developed to meet this problem, based particularly on the so-called "vacuum-packing", i.e. packaging in an environment frog 'which air has been sucked, and is thus greatly depleted of oxygen, delimited by either a rigid or a flexible plastic containers (pouchesj. Sliced food produce SPNed a.t meat counters of stores is usually packed on the spot following a succession of steps each carried out at different locations some times relatively quite apart from one another, i.e. slicing the produce at a dicer, placing it into a pouch, weighting it at a scale, and transferring it onto a vacuum packir7g machine locat~rd elsewhere which, upon control, draws air from the pouch and seals it.
Quite apart from the obvious inconvenience caused to the operator w~ro leas to move from one part of the counter to another to complete a prc:~uce packing process, a significant amount of time is also wasted that could be better spent to ser're promptly customers, while the sliced produce is exposed to the air for a longer time.
the main object of the present invention is to provide a slicing and vacuum packing assembly suitable far greatly reducing or obviating the above shortcomings, as compared vaith solutions that have been proposed so far, Another object of the present invention is to provide a slicing and vacuum packing assembly that can 15e manufactured according to various embodiments in order to meet a wide range of deeds in the retail sale field of sliced food produce.
A further object of the present invention is to pr~vi~de a slicing and vacuum packing assembly op~:rating at high speed, handy to use and suitable for being manufactured at competitive costs.
These and other objects that will be better appear below are accomplished by an assembly according to the invention, v~hich comprises a maehine for handling or proeessing a produce, characterised in that said machine includes a vacuum packing unit designed to sequentially operate with said handling or processing machine.
Advantageously, said handling or processing machine comprises a sliver having a support structure, a rotary cutting blade mounted for rotatian in said support structure, an electric motor for causing said cutting biadd to rotate, and a carriage ar slide arranged to be displaced in front and parallel to the said cutting blade and arranged to support and feed a product to be ~>~iced, and a sliced produce rE :sluing platfiorr~ a'ranged on the opposite side of said cutting blade with respect to said carriage or slide, characterised in that said support structure delimiits a receiving compartment below said carriage or slide and said receiving platform for housing at (east partly said vacuum packing machine, and on the outside it is provided with a common control panel for said sliver and said vacuum packing unit, Further aspects and advantages of the present invention will be better apparent in the following detailed description of same currently preferred embodiments thereof given merely by way eat non-limiting examples, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view slightly from above of a sliver-vacuum packing assembly according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows a diagram of a pneumatic e:ircuit of a 'vacuum-packing machine in the sliver-vacuum packing assembly in Figure '1;
Figure 3 is a partial perspective view, slightly from above, of another embodiment of a sliver-vacuum packing assembly aceordir-~g to the invention;
Figure ~4. shows a partial perspective view of another embadiment of a sliver-vacuum peeking assembly according to the invention;
Figure S is a view similar view to that of Figure 1 but illustrating an embodiment in which the vacuum-packing unit is entirely incarporated into the meat slicing machine;
Figure 6 is a perspective view slightly from above of a ~rneat mincer machine incorporating a vacuum packing unit, and Figure 7 is a pErspective view slightly from above e3f a heating unit incorporating a vacuum packing unit.
In the accompanying drawings similar or identical parts or components have keen designatEd by the same reference numerals.
With reference first to the embodiment shown in Figures '1 tot 4, it will be noted that a handling or processing machine-v,~cuum packing assembly according to the present invention, generally designated at 7 , comprises a handling or processing machine for handling or processing a product to be vacuum packed, that comprises a sliCer 2, or a meat chopper 2a (~'ig. 6), or a kneading machine, or~ a heating !unit 2b (Fig. 7), and the like, and a vacuum-packing unit 3 designed ~o operate in sequence with the handling or processing machine 2_ in the following description specific reference will be made in more detail to a sliver ~, although it wiN be appreciated that the invention relates to handling or processing machines other than a sliver.
The sliver 2 may be of any suitable type_ Typically it comprises a box-Pike frame or housing d supported by four legs 5 with height-adjustable feet, a rotary cutting laiade f mounted for rotation in a support structure 4 and driven by an electric motor (not shown in the drawings), a slide or carriage 7 arranged on one side of the rotating blade 6 and suitable for feeding the cutting bPade 6 with a product to be sliced, and to be displaced backwards and forwards parallel to the cutting plane, and a sliced meat receiving plane or platform ~ arranged on the ether side of said carriage or slide ~. Pref~rab3y, at the cutting blade 6 a sharpening pr grinding tool, generally indicated of 9, is provided for sharpening the ~: u;;~r~~c-~ e.~dgc o' blade 6.
~e(ow the carriage or slide ~ and the receiving surface ~, support structure 4 delimits one or more compartments 10 for hou sing afi or some of the components of the vacuum packing unit 3 having more specifically a vacuum pump 1z and its respective m~tor 11, as welt as a delivEry electric valve 1~ and a control electronic unit ~l~ of any suitable type arranged to contr~1 the assembly 1.
~n its outer front side, housing 4 supports a control panel 14 that is in common for the slicer 2 and the vacuum-packing unit or machine 3, and a fixed connector 15 for connection thereto of one end c~f a flexible hose whose other end is suitable for being connected to a hose connector of a rigid container for the vacuum jacking.
The control panel 'i4. comprises an ~nrC~ff switch ~~ for the motor driving the cutting blade 6, a press-button 17 for the purnp 12, a vacuum gauge 1~, a switch 19 for electric valve 13, a press-button 20 for plastic bag welding and a knob 21 for setting a welding timer. If desired, the control panel 14 includes a signa9ling LE~ indicating whether the electric power is on for the handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1.
The vacuum packing u;~it 3 comprises two box-like halves: a base half 23 and an upper half 24 hinged to the base half along an edge thereof so as to be angularly displaceable between a closing position onto the base half Z3 and an opening position with the base half angularly spaced apart from base half 23 as illustrated in Figure 1. For easier handling the upper half 24 is provided with a front handle 25.
G
At its top face 26 the base 23 delimits a longitudinal recess 27 surrounded by a raised gasket 28, At the bottorrr of the recess 2p', one or more openings or hoes 29 communicating with the pun'ip intakel2 by means of solenoid 13 are provided.
The bottom face 30 of tt~e upper half 24 has in turn an annular gasket 31 so shaped and positioned that it matches with the annular gasket 28 when the upper half ~?4. is in its closed position, so that it can hold in position the mouth of a flexible plastic bag 38 in a relatively gentle and resilient way. The bag or pouch 38 is preferably embo=.>sed, and air is drawn from it, and it can be heat welded as it is well known i:~ the art.
'~o this end, a welding and sealing wire 32, e.g. ~>rovided in the base 23, extends parallel to a song section of the annular gasket 28 and is designed to be supplied with electric eurrent immediately sifters a packing bag 38 has been substantially emptied of its air in order to heat weld and seal the bag or pouch 38.
The vacuum packing rnaei,ine 3 can be positioned ins various ways with respect to the slicer 2. Thus, for example, as ~IiUStrated in figure 1, it is connected through a flexible hose 33, which, from opeiling 29 is connected to el2etric valve 13 and thus to pump intake 1;~, and through electrical cables 34 both to the ~nleetronic unit and the elE;ctric: valve 13.
Alternatively, the base 23 can b~~ supported by a pair of c;~tendab(e r~ds that can be slid in and out of beneath casing 4 tf~rough a side opening 36, preferably shaped to match the cross-section outline of t~se vacuur~-packing unit so as to allow the packing rriachine to be easily displaced to and from its closed position.
With the above deSCrBbed handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1, the vacuum-packing unit 3 can be displaced in a drawerlike fashion so that it can be completely inserted and flush beneath the housing 4 and completely extracted to its working position, at which the top half 2~4 can be opened to effect one or more vacuum packing operations and later returned to as initial closed position within the housing 4.
Figure 3 shows a modification of the present invention in ~nrhich the vacuum packing unit 3 is hinged on a vertical pin 37 supported by the housing 4 of the meat mincer Z, so .that it can be angularly displaced between a rest position up against the side of the housing ~~ and a working position angularty spaced away from it, where it can effect operations of air-drawing from, and sealing, the packing pouches 38.
tn the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4., the vacuum-pacf<ing unit 3 is connected by a flexible hose 33 and an electric ~abte 34 to the meat slicing machine and can be variously arranged within a certain distance that is naturalty dependent on the length of tube 8~ and cable 84. The pac(ting unit 3 is shown as it vreids and seals a pouch ;8 made of heat-weldable flexible material.
t=figure 5 illustrates a currently preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the packing machine 3 is completely housed, e.g. under the product receiving surface 8 of the meat slicing machine 2. This solution provides maximum space saving for a sales counter as well as a compact, functional and highly efficient assembly for the operator to use.
S
in the embodiment shown in Figure 6 a meat mincer ~a is controlled by an electric motor 40 and supported on a base 4.
Similarly, i=figure 7 shows; an embodiment of the assembly 1 in which a heating unit 2b of any suitable type including a heat source either including one or more electric resistances controlled by rhE:ostat manually operated by a knob 41 or a gas burner .
Both in Fig. 6 and 7 base 4 has an extension Via, preferably having a reduced height and also forming the base for a vacuum packing unit 3 with a top half 24 hinged thereto and provided with front handle 25_ The base 4. also bears on its outer front side a control panel 14 that is in common for the meat mincer ~e or the heating unit 2 and the vacuum-packing unit 3, and a fined connector 15 for connection thereto of one end of a flexible hose whose other end can be connected to a hose connector of a rigid container for the vacuum packing.
The contra( panel 1~ comprises an On/pff switch 1fi for t:he motor ~.0, a press-button 1 ~ for the primp 12, a vacuum gauge ~ 8, a switch 1 g for electric valve 13, a press-button 20 for plastic bag welding arid a 6cnob 21 for setting a welding timer. If desired, the control panel 14 includes a signalling LSD indicating whether the electric power is on for the handling or processing unit-vacuum packing assembly 1.
With a handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1 as described above, the operator at the safes counter has his or work made considerably easier because both the meat slicing e~achir~e and the peeking machine are reedy at hand with no waste of Time moving from one to point to another behind the sales counter.
The structuring of the pac(cing machine 3 was also made simpler in that it is n~ longer necessary to include the pump, motor and electric valve 13 assembly, all of which means that the size of the machinery can be reduced to provide more working space at the safes counter.
The invention thus conceived is susceptible ~o n~lmerous modifications, all within the scope of the invention as stated ire the claims.
'Thus far example, if the hose connection 15 is not included on the meat slicing machine 2, the electric valve 13 and the switch 1 g can be omitted since it is not necessary to divert the inflow between packing unit 3 and the pump 12, a check valve being sufficient between opening 2g and pump, as is usual in the art.
In the field of the sale and distribution of food products thwre is an ever increasing need of packing food soon after the same has been t~rorked of handled to ensure that it is stored under the best possible conditions for an as long as possible time interval. This is rrspec:ialiy true for sliced meat or salami which is usually subject to rapid oxidation and deterioration processes if left exposed to the air- ~, ~rhole technical field haS been developed to meet this problem, based particularly on the so-called "vacuum-packing", i.e. packaging in an environment frog 'which air has been sucked, and is thus greatly depleted of oxygen, delimited by either a rigid or a flexible plastic containers (pouchesj. Sliced food produce SPNed a.t meat counters of stores is usually packed on the spot following a succession of steps each carried out at different locations some times relatively quite apart from one another, i.e. slicing the produce at a dicer, placing it into a pouch, weighting it at a scale, and transferring it onto a vacuum packir7g machine locat~rd elsewhere which, upon control, draws air from the pouch and seals it.
Quite apart from the obvious inconvenience caused to the operator w~ro leas to move from one part of the counter to another to complete a prc:~uce packing process, a significant amount of time is also wasted that could be better spent to ser're promptly customers, while the sliced produce is exposed to the air for a longer time.
the main object of the present invention is to provide a slicing and vacuum packing assembly suitable far greatly reducing or obviating the above shortcomings, as compared vaith solutions that have been proposed so far, Another object of the present invention is to provide a slicing and vacuum packing assembly that can 15e manufactured according to various embodiments in order to meet a wide range of deeds in the retail sale field of sliced food produce.
A further object of the present invention is to pr~vi~de a slicing and vacuum packing assembly op~:rating at high speed, handy to use and suitable for being manufactured at competitive costs.
These and other objects that will be better appear below are accomplished by an assembly according to the invention, v~hich comprises a maehine for handling or proeessing a produce, characterised in that said machine includes a vacuum packing unit designed to sequentially operate with said handling or processing machine.
Advantageously, said handling or processing machine comprises a sliver having a support structure, a rotary cutting blade mounted for rotatian in said support structure, an electric motor for causing said cutting biadd to rotate, and a carriage ar slide arranged to be displaced in front and parallel to the said cutting blade and arranged to support and feed a product to be ~>~iced, and a sliced produce rE :sluing platfiorr~ a'ranged on the opposite side of said cutting blade with respect to said carriage or slide, characterised in that said support structure delimiits a receiving compartment below said carriage or slide and said receiving platform for housing at (east partly said vacuum packing machine, and on the outside it is provided with a common control panel for said sliver and said vacuum packing unit, Further aspects and advantages of the present invention will be better apparent in the following detailed description of same currently preferred embodiments thereof given merely by way eat non-limiting examples, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view slightly from above of a sliver-vacuum packing assembly according to the invention;
Figure 2 shows a diagram of a pneumatic e:ircuit of a 'vacuum-packing machine in the sliver-vacuum packing assembly in Figure '1;
Figure 3 is a partial perspective view, slightly from above, of another embodiment of a sliver-vacuum packing assembly aceordir-~g to the invention;
Figure ~4. shows a partial perspective view of another embadiment of a sliver-vacuum peeking assembly according to the invention;
Figure S is a view similar view to that of Figure 1 but illustrating an embodiment in which the vacuum-packing unit is entirely incarporated into the meat slicing machine;
Figure 6 is a perspective view slightly from above of a ~rneat mincer machine incorporating a vacuum packing unit, and Figure 7 is a pErspective view slightly from above e3f a heating unit incorporating a vacuum packing unit.
In the accompanying drawings similar or identical parts or components have keen designatEd by the same reference numerals.
With reference first to the embodiment shown in Figures '1 tot 4, it will be noted that a handling or processing machine-v,~cuum packing assembly according to the present invention, generally designated at 7 , comprises a handling or processing machine for handling or processing a product to be vacuum packed, that comprises a sliCer 2, or a meat chopper 2a (~'ig. 6), or a kneading machine, or~ a heating !unit 2b (Fig. 7), and the like, and a vacuum-packing unit 3 designed ~o operate in sequence with the handling or processing machine 2_ in the following description specific reference will be made in more detail to a sliver ~, although it wiN be appreciated that the invention relates to handling or processing machines other than a sliver.
The sliver 2 may be of any suitable type_ Typically it comprises a box-Pike frame or housing d supported by four legs 5 with height-adjustable feet, a rotary cutting laiade f mounted for rotation in a support structure 4 and driven by an electric motor (not shown in the drawings), a slide or carriage 7 arranged on one side of the rotating blade 6 and suitable for feeding the cutting bPade 6 with a product to be sliced, and to be displaced backwards and forwards parallel to the cutting plane, and a sliced meat receiving plane or platform ~ arranged on the ether side of said carriage or slide ~. Pref~rab3y, at the cutting blade 6 a sharpening pr grinding tool, generally indicated of 9, is provided for sharpening the ~: u;;~r~~c-~ e.~dgc o' blade 6.
~e(ow the carriage or slide ~ and the receiving surface ~, support structure 4 delimits one or more compartments 10 for hou sing afi or some of the components of the vacuum packing unit 3 having more specifically a vacuum pump 1z and its respective m~tor 11, as welt as a delivEry electric valve 1~ and a control electronic unit ~l~ of any suitable type arranged to contr~1 the assembly 1.
~n its outer front side, housing 4 supports a control panel 14 that is in common for the slicer 2 and the vacuum-packing unit or machine 3, and a fixed connector 15 for connection thereto of one end c~f a flexible hose whose other end is suitable for being connected to a hose connector of a rigid container for the vacuum jacking.
The control panel 'i4. comprises an ~nrC~ff switch ~~ for the motor driving the cutting blade 6, a press-button 17 for the purnp 12, a vacuum gauge 1~, a switch 19 for electric valve 13, a press-button 20 for plastic bag welding and a knob 21 for setting a welding timer. If desired, the control panel 14 includes a signa9ling LE~ indicating whether the electric power is on for the handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1.
The vacuum packing u;~it 3 comprises two box-like halves: a base half 23 and an upper half 24 hinged to the base half along an edge thereof so as to be angularly displaceable between a closing position onto the base half Z3 and an opening position with the base half angularly spaced apart from base half 23 as illustrated in Figure 1. For easier handling the upper half 24 is provided with a front handle 25.
G
At its top face 26 the base 23 delimits a longitudinal recess 27 surrounded by a raised gasket 28, At the bottorrr of the recess 2p', one or more openings or hoes 29 communicating with the pun'ip intakel2 by means of solenoid 13 are provided.
The bottom face 30 of tt~e upper half 24 has in turn an annular gasket 31 so shaped and positioned that it matches with the annular gasket 28 when the upper half ~?4. is in its closed position, so that it can hold in position the mouth of a flexible plastic bag 38 in a relatively gentle and resilient way. The bag or pouch 38 is preferably embo=.>sed, and air is drawn from it, and it can be heat welded as it is well known i:~ the art.
'~o this end, a welding and sealing wire 32, e.g. ~>rovided in the base 23, extends parallel to a song section of the annular gasket 28 and is designed to be supplied with electric eurrent immediately sifters a packing bag 38 has been substantially emptied of its air in order to heat weld and seal the bag or pouch 38.
The vacuum packing rnaei,ine 3 can be positioned ins various ways with respect to the slicer 2. Thus, for example, as ~IiUStrated in figure 1, it is connected through a flexible hose 33, which, from opeiling 29 is connected to el2etric valve 13 and thus to pump intake 1;~, and through electrical cables 34 both to the ~nleetronic unit and the elE;ctric: valve 13.
Alternatively, the base 23 can b~~ supported by a pair of c;~tendab(e r~ds that can be slid in and out of beneath casing 4 tf~rough a side opening 36, preferably shaped to match the cross-section outline of t~se vacuur~-packing unit so as to allow the packing rriachine to be easily displaced to and from its closed position.
With the above deSCrBbed handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1, the vacuum-packing unit 3 can be displaced in a drawerlike fashion so that it can be completely inserted and flush beneath the housing 4 and completely extracted to its working position, at which the top half 2~4 can be opened to effect one or more vacuum packing operations and later returned to as initial closed position within the housing 4.
Figure 3 shows a modification of the present invention in ~nrhich the vacuum packing unit 3 is hinged on a vertical pin 37 supported by the housing 4 of the meat mincer Z, so .that it can be angularly displaced between a rest position up against the side of the housing ~~ and a working position angularty spaced away from it, where it can effect operations of air-drawing from, and sealing, the packing pouches 38.
tn the embodiment illustrated in Figure 4., the vacuum-pacf<ing unit 3 is connected by a flexible hose 33 and an electric ~abte 34 to the meat slicing machine and can be variously arranged within a certain distance that is naturalty dependent on the length of tube 8~ and cable 84. The pac(ting unit 3 is shown as it vreids and seals a pouch ;8 made of heat-weldable flexible material.
t=figure 5 illustrates a currently preferred embodiment of the invention, wherein the packing machine 3 is completely housed, e.g. under the product receiving surface 8 of the meat slicing machine 2. This solution provides maximum space saving for a sales counter as well as a compact, functional and highly efficient assembly for the operator to use.
S
in the embodiment shown in Figure 6 a meat mincer ~a is controlled by an electric motor 40 and supported on a base 4.
Similarly, i=figure 7 shows; an embodiment of the assembly 1 in which a heating unit 2b of any suitable type including a heat source either including one or more electric resistances controlled by rhE:ostat manually operated by a knob 41 or a gas burner .
Both in Fig. 6 and 7 base 4 has an extension Via, preferably having a reduced height and also forming the base for a vacuum packing unit 3 with a top half 24 hinged thereto and provided with front handle 25_ The base 4. also bears on its outer front side a control panel 14 that is in common for the meat mincer ~e or the heating unit 2 and the vacuum-packing unit 3, and a fined connector 15 for connection thereto of one end of a flexible hose whose other end can be connected to a hose connector of a rigid container for the vacuum packing.
The contra( panel 1~ comprises an On/pff switch 1fi for t:he motor ~.0, a press-button 1 ~ for the primp 12, a vacuum gauge ~ 8, a switch 1 g for electric valve 13, a press-button 20 for plastic bag welding arid a 6cnob 21 for setting a welding timer. If desired, the control panel 14 includes a signalling LSD indicating whether the electric power is on for the handling or processing unit-vacuum packing assembly 1.
With a handling or processing machine-vacuum packing assembly 1 as described above, the operator at the safes counter has his or work made considerably easier because both the meat slicing e~achir~e and the peeking machine are reedy at hand with no waste of Time moving from one to point to another behind the sales counter.
The structuring of the pac(cing machine 3 was also made simpler in that it is n~ longer necessary to include the pump, motor and electric valve 13 assembly, all of which means that the size of the machinery can be reduced to provide more working space at the safes counter.
The invention thus conceived is susceptible ~o n~lmerous modifications, all within the scope of the invention as stated ire the claims.
'Thus far example, if the hose connection 15 is not included on the meat slicing machine 2, the electric valve 13 and the switch 1 g can be omitted since it is not necessary to divert the inflow between packing unit 3 and the pump 12, a check valve being sufficient between opening 2g and pump, as is usual in the art.
Claims (7)
1. An operating-vacuum packing machine assembly comprising a machine (2) or handling or processing a product, characterised in that said machine (2) includes a vacuum packing unit (3) designed to sequentially operate with said handling or processing machine (2).
2. An assembly as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that said handling or processing machine (2) has a support structure (4) delimiting at least one compartment (10) suitable for housing at least partly said vacuum packing unit (3), and one control panel (14) for said handling or processing machine (2) and said vacuum-packing unit (3).
3. An assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said vacuum packing unit (3) is articulated to said support structure (4) to be angularly displaceable with respect to it between a rest position and a working position angularly displaced from it.
4. ~An assembly as claimed either in claim 2 or 3, characterised in that said vacuum packing unit (3) is constrained to said support structure (4) by means of at least one flexible hose (33) and at least one electric cable (34).
5. An assembly as claimed in any claim 2 to 4, characterised in that said vacuum packing unit (3) is insertable into, and removable from, said support structure (4).
6. An assembly as claimed in any preceding claim, characterised in that said handling or processing machine is a slicer (2) having a support structure (4), a rotary cutting blade (6) mounted for rotation in said support structure (4), an electric motor (11) for causing said cutting blade to rotate, and a carriage or slide (7) arranged to be displaced in front, and parallel to, the said cutting blade (6) and arranged to support and feed a product to be sliced, and a sliced product receiving platform (8) arranged on the apposite side of said cutting blade (6) with respect to said carriage or slide (7), characterized in that said support structure (4) delimits a receiving compartment (10) below said carriage or slide (7), and said receiving platform (8) for housing at least partly said vacuum packing unit (3), and on the outside it is provided with a common control panel (14) for said slicer (2) and said vacuum packing unit (3).
7. An assembly as claimed in any preceding claim 1 to 5, characterised in that said handling or processing machine is a meat mincer (2a) or a heat unit (2b), characterized in that said support structure (4) has an extension (4a) arranged to support said vacuum packing unit (3) and is arranged to locate a common control panel (14) for said meat mincer (2a) ~ heat unit (2b) and said vacuum packing unit (3).
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITVR2002A000132 | 2002-12-27 | ||
| IT000132A ITVR20020132A1 (en) | 2002-12-27 | 2002-12-27 | OPERATING MACHINE GROUP - VACUUM PACKAGING. |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA2454034A1 true CA2454034A1 (en) | 2004-06-27 |
Family
ID=32448956
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA002454034A Abandoned CA2454034A1 (en) | 2002-12-27 | 2003-12-23 | Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly |
Country Status (5)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US6941730B2 (en) |
| EP (1) | EP1433719A1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU2003271344A1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA2454034A1 (en) |
| IT (1) | ITVR20020132A1 (en) |
Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN104284760A (en) * | 2012-05-10 | 2015-01-14 | Idea有限公司 | Apparatus for slicing food products |
| CN117657525A (en) * | 2024-01-31 | 2024-03-08 | 山西威特美食品股份有限公司 | Vacuum packaging device for meat processing |
Families Citing this family (8)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7021034B2 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2006-04-04 | Tilia International, Inc. | Decoupled vacuum packaging appliance |
| US7478516B2 (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2009-01-20 | Sunbeam Products, Inc. | Vacuum packaging appliance |
| TWI279359B (en) * | 2003-07-31 | 2007-04-21 | Tilia Int Inc | Lidless vacuum appliance |
| DE102004044665B4 (en) * | 2004-09-15 | 2006-11-30 | Ritterwerk Gmbh | Slicer with weighing unit |
| ITVR20070080A1 (en) | 2007-06-06 | 2008-12-07 | Marziano Salvaro | EQUIPMENT FOR VACUUM COOKING FOR HOUSEHOLD USE |
| US20090255221A1 (en) * | 2008-04-14 | 2009-10-15 | Lyman Jr Hugh Marion | Suspended Vacuum Sealer Appliance |
| WO2014190055A2 (en) * | 2013-05-21 | 2014-11-27 | Cti Industries Corp | Dual heat strip and removable tray for a vacuum sealing machine |
| CN207698086U (en) * | 2017-08-11 | 2018-08-07 | 东莞市亚美世电子科技有限公司 | Vacuum sealer |
Family Cites Families (24)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE1089133B (en) * | 1954-02-08 | 1960-09-15 | Paul E Kempkes | Multipurpose kitchen machine with interchangeable tools for cutting, chopping or mixing food |
| IE51047B1 (en) * | 1980-06-25 | 1986-09-17 | Grace W R & Co | Packaging process and apparatus |
| DE3201520A1 (en) * | 1982-01-20 | 1983-07-28 | Maatschappij van Berkel's, Patent N.V., Rotterdam | Sausage-slicing machine |
| GB8314765D0 (en) * | 1983-05-27 | 1983-07-06 | Thurne Eng Co Ltd | Slicing machine |
| US4578928A (en) * | 1983-07-06 | 1986-04-01 | Acraloc Corporation | High speed evacuation chamber packaging machine and method |
| US4523435A (en) * | 1983-12-19 | 1985-06-18 | Carrier Corporation | Method and apparatus for controlling a refrigerant expansion valve in a refrigeration system |
| US4709535A (en) * | 1985-04-18 | 1987-12-01 | Mahaffy & Harder Engineering Co. | Packaging loader apparatus for sliced food products |
| FR2596959B1 (en) * | 1986-04-14 | 1990-11-02 | Cuisinier Snc Petit | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ELABORATED FOOD PRODUCTS AND INSTALLATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCESS |
| EP0245033A1 (en) * | 1986-05-05 | 1987-11-11 | Geo. A. Hormel & Co. | Process for vacuum packaging fresh meat products |
| US4794996A (en) * | 1988-02-26 | 1989-01-03 | Amca International Group | Control for an automatic slicing machine |
| US5048269A (en) * | 1990-05-09 | 1991-09-17 | Frank Deni | Vacuum sealer |
| US5239808A (en) * | 1992-05-13 | 1993-08-31 | Hantover, Inc. | Vacuum packaging machine |
| US5826404A (en) * | 1993-08-02 | 1998-10-27 | Fuss; Gunter G. | System and method for use of loose fill packing materials |
| US5352323A (en) * | 1993-10-20 | 1994-10-04 | Sunfa Plastic Co., Ltd. | Heat sealing apparatus |
| IT1278835B1 (en) * | 1995-06-06 | 1997-11-28 | Schiro Paoluccio | Vacuum packaging machine |
| US5638664A (en) * | 1995-07-17 | 1997-06-17 | Hantover, Inc. | Vacuum packaging apparatus |
| AT404581B (en) * | 1996-12-20 | 1998-12-28 | Kuchler Fritz | SLICING CUTTER WITH PACKING DEVICE |
| IT1299700B1 (en) * | 1998-02-06 | 2000-04-04 | Serra Ivo Dalla | PROCEDURE FOR PACKAGING, ESPECIALLY ANCHOVIES, ANCHOVIES, ALACE AND PACKAGE SO OBTAINED. |
| US6279302B1 (en) * | 1999-02-17 | 2001-08-28 | Fritz Kuchler | Sheet-interposing device for automatic slicing machine |
| DE19926461A1 (en) * | 1999-06-10 | 2000-12-14 | Biforce Anstalt Vaduz | Device for slicing food products |
| US7234382B2 (en) * | 2000-05-16 | 2007-06-26 | Premark Feg L.L.C. | Slicer with unitary handle |
| US6491166B1 (en) * | 2000-11-20 | 2002-12-10 | Cryovac, Inc. | Method and apparatus for evacuating shrink film packages |
| US6666006B2 (en) * | 2001-05-18 | 2003-12-23 | Fritz Kuchler | Sheet feeder and sealer for automatic slicing machine |
| US6694710B2 (en) * | 2001-12-14 | 2004-02-24 | Donglei Wang | Vacuum bag-sealing machine |
-
2002
- 2002-12-27 IT IT000132A patent/ITVR20020132A1/en unknown
-
2003
- 2003-12-23 CA CA002454034A patent/CA2454034A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-12-23 EP EP03029739A patent/EP1433719A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2003-12-24 AU AU2003271344A patent/AU2003271344A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-12-29 US US10/745,521 patent/US6941730B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN104284760A (en) * | 2012-05-10 | 2015-01-14 | Idea有限公司 | Apparatus for slicing food products |
| US20150158195A1 (en) * | 2012-05-10 | 2015-06-11 | Idea S.r.I. | Apparatus for Slicing Food Products |
| CN117657525A (en) * | 2024-01-31 | 2024-03-08 | 山西威特美食品股份有限公司 | Vacuum packaging device for meat processing |
| CN117657525B (en) * | 2024-01-31 | 2024-04-05 | 山西威特美食品股份有限公司 | Vacuum packaging device for meat processing |
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| ITVR20020132A1 (en) | 2004-06-28 |
| US20040134359A1 (en) | 2004-07-15 |
| AU2003271344A1 (en) | 2004-07-15 |
| EP1433719A1 (en) | 2004-06-30 |
| US6941730B2 (en) | 2005-09-13 |
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| CA2454034A1 (en) | Slicing and vacuum-packing assembly | |
| AU2007249121B2 (en) | Method for the gas-tight packing of objects and system for the gas-tight packing of objects | |
| JP2012516781A (en) | Cooked bacon slicer | |
| EP2846972B1 (en) | Apparatus for slicing food products | |
| CA1041407A (en) | Meat slicer | |
| EP2993137B1 (en) | Manual wrapping apparatus and method | |
| KR20020028937A (en) | Vacuum packing machine | |
| US4189897A (en) | High speed evacuation chamber packaging and clipping machine | |
| US3823054A (en) | Apparatus for heat-sealing packages | |
| CN110696381B (en) | Thermal paper plastic packaging device | |
| CN113859626B (en) | Contactless multi-station vacuum packaging structure | |
| CN206953086U (en) | Full-automatic salted vegetables chopper and slicer | |
| CN213796845U (en) | Novel slicing machine | |
| CN201284018Y (en) | Automatic packaging machine for disposable syringe | |
| US3759128A (en) | Meat slicing machine | |
| KR102337076B1 (en) | Dicing apparatus for frozen meat | |
| US20160332316A1 (en) | Method and apparatus for spiral ham slicing | |
| CN215557803U (en) | High-speed film cutting machine with material detection function | |
| CN214927544U (en) | Food package bag production is with feed mechanism of system bag machine | |
| CN220799351U (en) | Morchella culture medium quick bagging equipment | |
| US20070044626A1 (en) | Overmolded food product table support arm for a food slicer | |
| CN210823131U (en) | Vacuum packaging machine for cutting and sealing dual-purpose product | |
| CN117755592A (en) | Dining packing apparatus | |
| US3727288A (en) | Clipping system | |
| US2049519A (en) | Slicing machine |
Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FZDE | Discontinued |