An ultrasonic cutting machine including a support structure, a positioning device moveable relative to the support structure, a cutting blade connected to the positioning device and a blade cleaning system positioned proximate the support structure, the blade cleaning system including a basin defining an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, a solvent positioned in the internal volume, a cleaning surface positioned in the internal volume, wherein the cleaning surface is at least partially submerged in the solvent, and a lid positioned over the opening, wherein the lid is automatically displaced from the opening when the cutting blade approximates the basin.

An assembly is provided for turning a food product into slices of food product. The assembly includes a microbial treatment assembly configured to move the food product along a path, and a microbial intervention apparatus configured to substantially reduce an amount of microbes on an exterior surface of the food product while the food product is traveling along the path, a slicing machine downstream of the microbial treatment assembly, the slicing machine being configured to slice the food product into slices, an enclosure in which the slicing machine is positioned, the enclosure being sealed from outside atmosphere, and a microbial treatment apparatus in communication with the enclosure and configured to deter the growth of microbes on the food product.

The present invention discloses blade-heatable electric scissors and a control method. The electric scissors include a scissors main body. A first blade is arranged at a front end of the scissors main body; a heating sheet and a temperature sensor are arranged on the first blade, and the heating sheet and the temperature sensor are connected to a heating sheet drive circuit and a blade temperature detection circuit through a conduction cable respectively. Compared with the prior art, the present invention arranges the heating sheet on the shearing blade so that a cut can be subjected to high-temperature disinfection while a branch is pruned.

An ultrasonic cutting machine including a support structure, a positioning device moveable relative to the support structure, a cutting blade connected to the positioning device and a blade cleaning system positioned proximate the support structure, the blade cleaning system including a basin defining an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, a solvent positioned in the internal volume, a cleaning surface positioned in the internal volume, wherein the cleaning surface is at least partially submerged in the solvent, and a lid positioned over the opening, wherein the lid is automatically displaced from the opening when the cutting blade approximates the basin.

An ultrasonic cutting machine including a support structure, a positioning device moveable relative to the support structure, a cutting blade connected to the positioning device and a blade cleaning system positioned proximate the support structure, the blade cleaning system including a basin defining an internal volume and an opening into the internal volume, a solvent positioned in the internal volume, a cleaning surface positioned in the internal volume, wherein the cleaning surface is at least partially submerged in the solvent, and a lid positioned over the opening, wherein the lid is automatically displaced from the opening when the cutting blade approximates the basin.

The invention relates to a cutting device (7) for cutting food products (e.g. pieces of cheese or sausage) into slices, with two parallel product feeders (8, 9) for feeding two food products into two conveyor tracks, and with two cutting blades (18, 19) for cutting the food products into slices. Furthermore, the invention comprises a corresponding operating method.

A sheet material conveying device unwinds from a roll body a sheet-shaped member constituting a membrane electrode assembly and conveys the sheet-shaped member. The sheet material conveying device is equipped with a suction member that moves the sheet-shaped member, and a negative pressure supply unit that supplies a negative pressure to the suction member. The suction member is constituted by a porous body capable of sucking under the negative pressure one surface of the sheet material having been unwound from the roll body and is movable in a conveying direction.

A method system/apparatus for the streamlined cutting of seeds to sample the seeds and select seeds for planting is disclosed. A method of sampling seeds using such system/apparatus is also provided. The seeds are manually positioned and cut by a serrated cutting tool.