SLICING MACHINE WITH SPRAY BAR

Abstract

In order to avoid that, in a spray unit for applying liquid or powdered anticaking agent between shingled or stacked slices, free-running supply lines to each individual nozzle in a contamination-intensive area of a slicing machine run freely and are also difficult to clean, the spray nozzles and shut-off valves, which are usually also provided for each nozzle, on the other hand, as well as corresponding sections of the supply lines, are protected and tightly arranged inside a hollow, pressure-tight spray bar which extends over all tracks of the slicing machine and is held at one end by means of a flexible and adjustable holding device and is supported relative to a base frame of the slicing machine.

Claims

1. A multi-track slicing machine, in particular slicer, for slicing calibers into slices and producing shingled or stacked portions from slices, the slicing machine comprising: a cutting unit, a feed unit for feeding at least one caliber to the cutting unit, a discharge conveyor unit with at least one portioning belt for discharging the portions in a passage direction of the slicing machine, and a spray unit with a plurality of nozzle units that each comprise at least one spray nozzle for applying a liquid or powdery anticaking agent to a slice, wherein the spray unit comprises a holding device, and a spray bar adjustably fastened to the holding device and extending in a horizontal transverse direction to the passage direction across all tracks of the slicing machine, and wherein the nozzle units are arranged independently of one another adjustably on the spray bar.

2. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle units are designed to be adjustable and fixable independently of one another relative to the spray bar by means of a mounting device in the transverse direction and/or transversely to the transverse direction, and/or with respect to their spray direction.

3. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the nozzle units each have a tightly closable, hollow unit housing, and for each nozzle unit, the at least one spray nozzle is arranged in a passage of a peripheral wall of the unit housing.

4. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein a distribution box for distributing media to be supplied to the individual spray nozzles is fastened to the spray bar, and the distribution box is adjustable and fixable with respect to the spray bar in a longitudinal direction of the spray bar.

5. The slicing machine according to claim 4, wherein the spray unit comprises a supply line for each medium to be supplied to the spray nozzles, and the distribution box has only one contact for each supply line.

6. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the spray unit comprises a reservoir for the anticaking agent is fixed to the spray bar, and the reservoir is adjustable and fixable in a longitudinal direction of the spray bar and/or pivotable and fixable about the longitudinal direction of the spray bar.

7. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the spray bar is fastened to the holding device only at one point along its-a longitudinal direction of the spray bar.

8. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein each nozzle unit comprises a unit housing, and, for each nozzle unit, a spray direction of the at least one spray nozzle is adjustable relative to the unit housing, and/or each nozzle unit has at least one non-contact pointing device for pointing out a spray direction of the at least one spray nozzle.

9. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein each nozzle unit comprises a unit housing, a mountable and demountable cover for closing a longitudinal side of the unit housing, and an intermediate plate positioned in the unit housing and fastened to the unit housing, and for each nozzle unit, each of the at least one spray nozzle is attached to the intermediate plate.

10. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is beam-shaped with a longitudinal direction, the spray bar is arranged so as to be pivotable and adjustable relative to the holding device about it the longitudinal direction, and/or the spray bar is adjustable and adjustable relative to the holding device along it the longitudinal direction.

11. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein the holding device comprises: a main arm having a longitudinal direction, a pivoting arm which can be pivoted relative to the main arm about a transverse axis that extends transverse to the longitudinal direction and to which the spray bar is attached.

12. The slicing machine according to claim 11 further comprising a base frame, wherein the main arm of the holding device comprises a base part which can be fastened to the base frame and a support part which is telescopically adjustable in relation to the base part in the longitudinal direction.

13. A construction kit for building a spray unit, wherein the construction kit comprises as construction kit parts: a holding device; a spray bar that is attachable to the holding device, and at least one functional part which is attachable to the spray bar, wherein the at least one functional part comprises: at least one type of nozzle unit, at least one type of distribution box, and/or at least one type of storage container.

14. A method of operating a slicing machine, with a spray unit comprising a holding device a spray bar attached thereto, and multiple nozzle units that are attachable to the spray bar, each nozzle unit having at least one spray nozzle for applying a liquid or powdery anticaking agent to a slice, wherein the method comprises: changing number of nozzle units present on the spray bar when number of tracks of the slicing machine is changed, and/or when track distance is changed, changing transverse distance of the nozzle units present on the spray bar, and/or when changing position or inclination of a portioning belt of the slicing machine or slice shape or slice size, changing position and/or alignment of the spray bar in a passage direction and/or changing height of the spray bar in such a way that the anticaking agent is applied to a contact surface or a foreseen part of the contact surface of the slice so as to limit loss of the anticaking agent, and/or when slice shape or slice size is changed, changing control of the at least one nozzle of a nozzle unit, which is assigned to a respective track, in such a way that the anticaking agent is applied to a contact surface or an intended part of the contact surface of the slice so as to limit loss of the anticaking agent.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein for each work order, depending on number of tracks, track distance or type of product for the work order, setting values for the spray unit are stored in a control of the slicing machine and can be output to an operator via an operating unit.

16. The slicing machine according to claim 2, wherein each nozzle unit is designed to be adjustable and fixable transversely to a longitudinal direction of the spray bar.

17. The slicing machine according to claim 5, wherein the mediums include anticaking agent and/or compressed air and/or electrical signals and/or electrical current.

18. The slicing machine according to claim 5, wherein each nozzle unit comprises a unit housing, the mediums include anticaking agent and/or compressed air, and the spray unit comprises, for each medium to be supplied, a switchable shut-off valve in the distribution box or in the unit housing of each nozzle unit.

19. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein each nozzle unit comprises at least one laser pointer for pointing out a spray direction of the at least one spray nozzle.

20. The slicing machine according to claim 1, wherein, for each nozzle unit, the intermediate plate is screwed to a wall of the unit housing from an inside of the unit housing, and each of the at least one spray nozzle is screwed to the intermediate plate.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0075] Embodiments according to the invention are described in more detail below by way of example and with reference to the following drawings, which show:

[0076] FIGS. 1a, b: a slicing machine in the form of a slicer according to the prior art in different perspective views, with the feed belt folded up into the slicing position,

[0077] FIG. 1c: the slicing machine of FIGS. 1a, b in side view with the cover parts removed so that the various conveyor belts can be seen more clearly,

[0078] FIG. 2a: a compared to FIG. 1c simplified side view of the slicing machine, loaded with a product caliber and with an additional spray unit, which is in a first functional position,

[0079] FIG. 2b: a side view as shown in FIG. 2a, but with the feed belt folded down to the loading position and the product caliber sliced except for a end piece of the caliber, with the additional spray unit located in a second functional position,

[0080] FIG. 3: the spray unit alone in a perspective view,

[0081] FIGS. 4a, b: the spray unit of FIG. 3 in side view with the spray bar in different functional positions analogous to FIGS. 2a, b,

[0082] FIG. 5: a top view of a part of the multi-track slicing machine with the spray bar of the spray unit as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4a, b,

[0083] FIG. 6a: a spray unit in sectional view cut along the line A-A of FIG. 3,

[0084] FIG. 6b: a detailed perspective view of an installed spray nozzle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0085] FIGS. 1a, 1b show different perspective views of a multi-track slicer 1 for simultaneous slicing of several product calibers K each on one track SP1 to SP4 next to each other and depositing in shingled portions P each consisting of several slices S with a general passage direction 10* through the slicer 1 from right to left.

[0086] FIG. 1c and FIG. 2a showwithout and with inserted caliber Ka side view of this slicer 1 with omission of covers and other parts not relevant for the invention, which are fastened to the base frame 2 like all other units, so that the functional parts, above all the conveyor belts, can be seen better. The longitudinal direction 10 is the feed direction of the calibers K to the cutting unit 7 and thus also the longitudinal direction of the calibers K lying in the slicer 1.

[0087] It can be seen that the basic structure of a slicer 1 according to the state of the art is that to a cutting unit 7 with blades 3 rotating about a blade axis 3, such as a sickle blade 3, is provided with a plurality of, in this case four, product calibers K lying transversely to the feeding direction 10 next to one another on a feed conveyor 4 with spacers 15 of the feed conveyor 4 between them which are fed by this feed unit 20, and from the front ends of each of which the rotating blade 3 cuts off a slice S with its cutting edge 3a in one operation, i.e., almost simultaneously.

[0088] For cutting the product calibers K, the feed conveyor 4 is in the cutting position shown in FIGS. 1a-2a, which is oblique in side view with a low-lying front end on the cutting side and a high-lying rear end, from which it can be folded down about a pivot axis 4 running in its width direction, the first transverse direction 11, which is located in the vicinity of the cutting unit 7, into an approximately horizontal loading position as shown in FIG. 2b.

[0089] The rear end of each caliber K lying in the feed unit 20 is held positively by a gripper 14a-d with the aid of gripper claws 16 as shown in FIG. 2a. These grippers 14a-14d, which can be activated and deactivated with respect to the position of the gripper claws 16, are attached to a common gripper slide 13, which can be moved along a gripper guide 18 in the feed direction 10.

[0090] Both the feed of the gripper slide 13 and of the feed conveyor 4 can be driven in a controlled manner, but the actual feed speed of the calibers K is effected by a so-called upper and lower product guide 8, 9, which are also driven in a controlled manner and engage on the upper side and lower side of the calibers K to be sliced in their front end sections near the cutting unit 7.

[0091] The front ends of the calibers K are guided in each case through a so-called product opening 6a-d of a plate-shaped cutting frame 5, the cutting plane 3 running directly in front of the front, obliquely downward-pointing end face of the cutting frame 5, in which cutting plane the blade 3 rotates with its cutting edge 3a and thus cuts off the protrusion of the calibers K from the cutting frame 5 as a slice S. The cutting plane 3 runs directly in front of the front, obliquely downward-pointing end face of the cutting frame 5. The cutting plane 3 runs perpendicular to the upper run of the feed conveyor 4 and/or is spanned by the two transverse directions 11, 12 to the feed direction 10.

[0092] The inner circumference of the product openings 6a-d serves as a counter cutting edge of the cutting edge 3a of the blade 3.

[0093] Since both product guides 8, 9 can be driven in a controlled manner, in particular independently of one another and/or possibly separately for each track SP1 to SP4, they determine thecontinuous or clockedfeed speed of the calibers K through the cutting frame 5.

[0094] The upper product guide 8 is displaceable in the second transverse direction 12which is perpendicular to the surface of the upper run of the feed conveyor 4for adaptation to the height H of the caliber K in this direction. Furthermore, at least one of the product guides 8, 9 can be designed to be pivotable about one of its deflecting rollers in order to be able to change the direction of the run of its guide belt resting against the caliber K to a limited extent.

[0095] Below the feed conveyor unit 20 there is usually an approximately horizontal end piece conveyor 21, which starts with its front end below the cutting frame 5 and directly below or behind the discharge conveyor unit 17 and with its upper run thereonby means of the drive of one of the discharge conveyors 17 against the passage direction 10transports falling end pieces to the rear.

[0096] The slices S standing obliquely in the space at the time of separation fall onto a discharge unit 17 starting below the cutting frame 5 and running in the passage direction 10*, which in this case consists of several discharge conveyors 17a, b, c arranged one behind the other with their upper runs approximately in alignment in the passage direction 10*, of which the first discharge conveyor 17a in the passage direction 10 can be designed as a portioning belt 17a and/or one can also be designed as a weighing unit.

[0097] The slices S can strike the discharge conveyor 17 individually and at a distance from one another in the passage direction 10* or, by appropriate control of the portioning belt 17a of the discharge conveyor 17the movement of which, like almost all moving parts, is controlled by the control 1*can form shingled or stacked portions P by stepwise forward movement of the portioning belt 17a.

[0098] In the two side views of FIGS. 2a and 2b, compared with FIGS. 1a-c, a spray unit 22 for applying an anticaking agent T to the slices S is additionally drawn, in FIG. 2a in the functional position according to the enlarged individual representation of FIG. 4a and in FIG. 2b in the functional position according to the enlarged representation of FIG. 4b.

[0099] In FIG. 2a, the spray bar 23 of the spray unit 22 extending in the transverse direction 11 is in such a pivoted position about the transverse direction 11which is also the longitudinal extension 23 of the spray bar 23that the nozzle units 25.1 mounted on the right narrow side of the spray bar 23 in FIG. 2a with the spray direction 24 of their spray nozzles 24 pointing approximately horizontally rearwards against the passage direction 10* and are directed towards the end face of the caliber K or K1 projecting from the cutting frame 5, which end face is sprayed with anticaking agent T before being cut off as a slice S by the blade 3.

[0100] In FIG. 2b, on the other hand, the spray bar 23 is rotated about its longitudinal direction 23 in such a way that the spray direction 24 points obliquely downwards to the rear and thus to the upper side of the last slice S already deposited on the portioning belt 17a (shown only in FIG. 2a), which is wetted with the anticaking agent T when the spray nozzle 24 is activated.

[0101] The fine adjustment is made by adjusting the individual spray nozzle units 25.1-25.4 relative to the spray bar 23.

[0102] As can be seen more clearly from the perspective view in FIG. 3 and the side views in FIGS. 4a, b of the spray unit 22 alone, the spray unit 22 consists on the one hand of the spray bar 23, to which the nozzle units 25.1-25.4 are attached by the respective unit housing 34.1-34.4 and the respective spray nozzle 24.1 to 24.2of which, for reasons of space, only the first three of the four are shown in FIG. 3are arranged in its peripheral wall 34a facing away from the passage direction 10*, i.e., towards the rear, and, on the other hand, a holding device 30 with which the spray bar 23 can be secured relative to the base frame 2 of the machine 1.

[0103] As FIG. 5 shows in a sectional view of ain this case again completely four-trackslicer 1, the spray bar 23 extends substantially over all tracks SP1 to SP4 of the slicer 1, and the spray units 25.1-25.4 are displaceable and fixable in transverse direction 11 along the, for example, tubular spray bar 23 by means of the fixing devices 42 which are better visible in FIG. 3.

[0104] FIG. 5 further shows that on track SP4 anot showncaliber with a round cross section is sliced, which is larger than the round cross sections of the calibers on tracks SP1 to SP3 and accordingly also the cross sections 6.1-6.3 in the cutting frame 5 are smaller than the cross section 6.4 and likewise the slices S cut off.

[0105] Adapted to this, the unit housings 34.1-34.3 of the nozzle units 25.1-25.3 are moved along the respective guides 42a, 42b of their respective fastening devices 42 closer to the slices S to be wetted, which are deposited on the portioning belts 17a1 to 17a3, so that the anticaking agent T wets as far as possible only the surface of the, in particular last, deposited slice S, but no areas away from it.

[0106] In contrast, on the track SP 4 the nozzle unit 25.4 with its unit housing 34.4 is moved further away from the portioning belt 17a4, i.e., along the guides 42a, b away from it, downwards in FIG. 5.

[0107] In FIGS. 2a, b, the holding device 30 is attached to the cross-member 2a of the base frame 2, which rises obliquely from the front to the rear and is present in the view at least on the operator side facing the operator, as FIG. 1a shows.

[0108] The holding device 30 is thus fastened to the base frame 2 with its rear end section 30A in the passage direction 10* and carries on its other end section 30B, which is located further forward and further up in the assembled state, the spray bar 23, which is fastened to the end section 30B of the holding device 30 in a cantilevered manner on one side, namely with its end section 23A, and from there extends with its longitudinal direction 23 in the transverse direction 11, preferably over all tracks SP1 to SP4 of the slicing machine 1.

[0109] As best shown in FIG. 3, the spray bar 23 in this case is a tube 23 with a round cross section, to which the severalin this case threenozzle units 25.1-25.3 shown are fastened distributed in transverse direction 11 by means of a mounting device 42, which comprises a clamp 42 consisting of two half shells 42.1, 42.2 for clamping to the pipe 23 of the spray bar 23, which can be clamped against each other and thus against the spray bar 23 by means of known quick release fasteners 47 (see FIG. 4a) or can be released, in order to displace the mounting device 42 either in transverse direction 11 along the pipe 23 or to pivot about the longitudinal direction 23 of the spray bar 23 and thereby change the spray direction 24 of the at least one spray nozzle 24 of the nozzle unit 25.1 held by the mounting device 42.

[0110] The mounting device 42 further comprises guides 42a, b (see FIG. 5) on one, here the upper, half shell 42.1 of the clamps 42, which run parallel to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction 23 of the spray bar 23, and along which the respective nozzle unit, e.g., 25.1, in particular its unit housing 34, can be displaced and fixedby means of a further mounting device not shown,

[0111] A unit housing 34 is usually cube-shaped with, in this case, a trough-shaped lower part with four peripheral walls 34a-34d adjoining one another in circumferential direction and a bottom 34e, which enclose a rectangular cross section, and the substantially open upper side of which can be tightly closed by a cover 34f.

[0112] A pointing device 45, which emits a visible light beam 45 in, in particular, the same direction as the spray direction 24 of the spray nozzle 24, is also present in this, preferably in each, nozzle unit 25.1, in this case in the cap-shaped cover 34f. This makes it easier for the user to align the nozzle unit 25.1 with the impingement surface on, for example, a slice S.

[0113] In the peripheral wall 34a, which in the assembled state is directed against the passage direction 10*, the spray nozzle, e.g., 24.1, which is located at the front end of a nozzle body 24.1k, whose approximately cylindrical part extends from the passage into the interior of the unit housing 34 and which at its rear end is directly integrated with a shut-off valve 32.1 for the supplied anticaking agent 25 and/or the compressed air used for atomization, as can best be seen in FIG. 6a.

[0114] In the peripheral wall 34a several, e.g., two, spray nozzles can also be arranged next to each other or one above the other.

[0115] At each nozzle unit, e.g., 24.1k several internal supply lines 25iL open out, of which in this case for clarity reasons only one is drawn in FIG. 6a, which in this case runs from the corresponding contact 29.1-29.3 in the peripheral wall, e.g., 34b of the unit housing 34.1 for a corresponding external supply line 25eL (see FIG. 3) to the nozzle unit 24.1k.

[0116] The internal supply line 25iL shown here is an electric cable, via which on the one hand the power supply to the shut-off valve 32.1 and on the other hand the electric control signals to the shut-off valve are led, while the internal supply lines for anticaking agent T and compressed air are not shown, one of which must also end at each of the spray nozzles, e.g., 24.1.

[0117] From the contacts 29.1-29.3 in the peripheral wall, e.g., 34b of the unit housing 34.1 runsas indicated in FIG. 3in each case a corresponding external supply line 25eL to a distribution box 43, which is supplied via respective central supply lines 25zL with the respective mediae.g., compressed air 26, electrical signals 27, electrical current 28and in which the splitting into the external supply lines 25eL to the individual nozzle units 25.1-25.3 takes place.

[0118] The distribution box 43 is also attached to the spray bar 23, preferably displaceably attached in its longitudinal direction 23 by means of an identical mounting device 42 as the nozzle units 25.1, 25.2 etc.

[0119] Preferably, the one or more reservoirs 44 for the wetting agent, in particular anticaking agent T, are also attached directly to the distribution box 43, for example in the form of a bottle 44 which can be screwed thereto by means of the thread on its neck and can be replaced.

[0120] In the operating state, this bottle 44 is upside down with the neck pointing downwards. To replace a bottle 44, the distributor box 43 with the thread for attaching the bottle 44 is rotated about the longitudinal direction 23 as shown in FIGS. 4a, b, to such an extent that the bottle 44shown dashedcan be replaced without difficulty.

[0121] Preferably, the spray nozzle 24.1 can be changed by being operatively connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a hexagon nut 48, which can be loosened by inserting a hexagon nut from the outside into the passage 49 and removed together with the spray nozzle 24.1 and exchanged for another one.

[0122] The nozzle body 24.1k, at the front end of which the spray nozzle 24.1 is seated, remains screwed with its front side to the rear side of an intermediate plate 33.1 which, according to FIG. 6a, is screwed to the inner side of the peripheral wall 34a at a distance from the latter in such a way that the periphery of the passage opening 49 remains tightly closed.

[0123] The rear end of the approximately cylindrical nozzle body 24.1k, which projects into the interior of the spray bar 23, is additionally screwed to the lower peripheral wall 34e of the unit housing 34 by means of a multiple-grooved profile, as best shown in FIG. 6a.

[0124] According to FIG. 3, the holding device 30 has in its rear end section 30A a clamping device 40 comprising a press plate 39 which can be pressed by means of several tensioning nuts 41 in the direction towards the rear end face of the beam-shaped holding device 30 and can thus be non-positively fastened to approximately the cross-member 2a. For this purpose, the clamping nuts 41, which in this case have corresponding handles, are screwed onto the free end of threaded bolts projecting from this rear end face and passing through the press plate 39.

[0125] In order that the spray bar 23, which is held at the other, front end section 30B, can be positioned very variably with respect to position and rotational position about the transverse direction 11, which in the assembled state is usually identical to the longitudinal direction 23 of the spray bar 23, the holding device consists of a main arm 30.1, the rear end of which can be fixed to the base frame by means of the clamping device 40, and a pivoting arm 30.2, which is fastened thereto so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis extending in the transverse direction 11 and to which the spray bar 23 can be pivoted approximately by one of its end faces, preferably the end face in which the contacts 29.1 to 29.3 (see FIG. 3) are located, and this again so as to be pivotable about a pivot axis extending in the transverse direction 11.

[0126] In order to be able to reproduce this latter pivoting position, an arc-shaped scale 35.3, shown only in FIG. 4b, is attached to the end face of the spray bar 23, and a pointer 36.3, which points to one of the markings of the scale 35.3, is attached to the pivoting arm 30.2.

[0127] The corresponding pivoting position between pivoting arm 30.2 and spray bar 23 is fixed by tightening a handwheel 37.3, with which the spray bar 23 can be clamped in the set pivoting position relative to pivoting arm 30.2.

[0128] Irrespective of the presence of the pivoting arm 30.2, the supporting device 30, in particular its main arm 30.1, can consist in the longitudinal direction 30the greatest direction of extensionof the bar-shaped holding device 30 of two parts which can be displaced relative to one another and thus telescoped, in this case a base part 30.1a, on which the clamping device 40 for fixing to the base frame 2 is located, and a support part 30.1b, on which either the pivoting arm 30.2 or directly the spray bar 23 is fixed.

[0129] The amount of the extension is again indicated by means of a scale 35.2 and a pointer 36.2 referring to it, one of which is fixed to the base part 30.1a and the other to the support part 30.1b. The set pressure position is again fixed by means of a handwheel 37.2, by means of which a clamping screw is actuated which is non-rotatably connected thereto and which clamps the two parts against each other.

[0130] In the released state of this clamping device, the relative longitudinal movement from base part 30.1a to support part 30.1b can be effected by means of a threaded spindle whose drive journal 38 in the form of an external hexagon in this case projects from the upper end surface of the main part 30.1a.

[0131] In addition, an adjustment of the holding device 30, in this case of the main arm 30.1, in particular of its base part 30.1a, can be made relative to the clamping device 40 in the transverse direction to the longitudinal direction 30 of the holding device or 30.1 of its main part 30.1, the adjustment direction of which is also transverse to the transverse direction 11, the longitudinal direction 23 of the spray bar 23.

[0132] Also there, for indicating the transverse adjustment, a scale 35.1 as well as a pointer 36.1 directed thereon are provided, one of which is fixed to the clamping device 40 and the other to the holding device 30, in particular its main part 30.1.

LIST OF REFERENCES

[0133] 1 slicing machine, slicer [0134] 1* control [0135] 2 base frame [0136] 3 blade [0137] 3 rotation axis [0138] 3 blade plane, cutting plane [0139] 3a cutting edge [0140] 4 feed conveyor, feed belt [0141] 5 cutting frame [0142] 6a-d product opening [0143] 7 cutting unit [0144] 8 upper product guide, upper guide belt [0145] 8.1 contact run, lower run [0146] 8a cutting side deflecting roller [0147] 8b deflecting roller facing away from the cutting side [0148] 9 bottom product guide, lower guide belt [0149] 8.1 contact run, upper run [0150] 9a cutting side deflecting roller [0151] 9b deflecting roller facing away from the cutting side [0152] 10 transport direction, longitudinal direction, axial direction [0153] 10* passage direction through machine [0154] 11 1.sup.st transverse direction (width slicer) [0155] 12 2.sup.nd transverse direction (height-direction caliber) [0156] 13 gripper unit, gripper slide [0157] 14,14a-d gripper [0158] 15 spacer [0159] 16 gripper claw [0160] 17 discharge conveyor unit [0161] 17a, b, c discharge conveyor [0162] 17a portioning belt [0163] 18 gripper guide [0164] 19 height sensor [0165] 20 feed unit [0166] 21 end piece conveyor [0167] 22 spray unit [0168] 23 spray bar [0169] 23A, B end section [0170] 23 longitudinal direction [0171] 23 nozzle plane [0172] 24.1, 24.2 spray nozzle [0173] 24.1k, 24.2k nozzle body [0174] 24 spray direction [0175] 25.1, 25.2 nozzle unit [0176] 25eL external supply line, [0177] 25iL internal supply line, [0178] 26 compressed air [0179] 27 electrical signals [0180] 28 electric current [0181] 29.1-29.3 contact [0182] 30 holding device [0183] 30A, B end section [0184] 30 longitudinal direction [0185] 30.1 main arm [0186] 30.1a base part [0187] 30.1b support part [0188] 30.2 tilting arm [0189] 31 transverse axis [0190] 32.1, 32.2 locking valve [0191] 33.1, 33.2 intermediate plate [0192] 34 unit housing [0193] 34a, b, c, d peripheral wall, wall [0194] 34e bottom [0195] 34f cover [0196] 35.1, 35.2 scale [0197] 36.1, 36.2 pointer [0198] 37 handwheel, clamping screw [0199] 38 drive journal [0200] 39 press plate [0201] 40 clamping device [0202] 41 tensioning nut [0203] 42 mounting device, clamp [0204] 42.1, 42.2 half shell [0205] 42a, b guide [0206] 43 distribution box [0207] 44 reservoir [0208] 45 pointer device [0209] 46 suction device [0210] 47 quick release fastener [0211] 48 hexagon nut [0212] 49 passage [0213] K product, product caliber [0214] KR end piece [0215] S slice [0216] T anticaking agent [0217] P portion