EP3168014B1 - Cutting machine with pivotable carriage - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a cutting machine for separating slices of, in particular, strand-like material to be cut according to the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Such a cutting machine is from the DE 10 2011 084 103 A1 known. There, a food slicer is shown, are cut with the slices of a rope-shaped food, wherein strand-like food placed on a carriage and this is moved parallel to a cutting blade back and forth. For cleaning purposes, the carriage can be swung out after releasing a locking device, ie pivoted away from the cutting blade. The carriage is guided via a carriage foot in the housing of the cutting machine. The carriage foot has a pivot bearing with a pivot axis about which the carriage is pivotable after releasing the lock.

From the US 2 378 664 A is also known a cutting machine with a pivotable carriage. There, a locking device is provided with a spring-loaded pin on the carriage foot to prevent in the cutting position inadvertent tilting of the carriage.

In practice, especially for relatively large cutting machines in the professional field, such carriages are designed to support material to be cut from a solid material, for example aluminum or an aluminum alloy. The weight of the carriage increases with increasing size of the cutting machine or with increasing length of the strand-like material to be processed. This has the disadvantage for an operator that he has to spend relatively high forces when pivoting the carriage.

The invention has for its object to provide a cutting machine, which is also suitable for relatively long strand-like cutting material, while having a high level of security and is easy to handle for an operator, preferably has a high ergonomics.

This object is achieved by a cutting machine with the features of claim 1 and a manufacturing method for a cutting machine with the features of claim 13.

According to the invention, the carriage has a damping element and / or a spring element, which is arranged between the support plate and the carriage foot or between a first part of the carriage foot or a second part of the carriage foot, or acts to pivot a movement of the support plate into a Cleaning position and / or back to steam. When tilting the carriage, an operator must work against the weight of the carriage or platen. The further the carriage is pivoted, the more disturbing the dead weight of the carriage or the support plate. As a result of its own weight, the carriage experiences an acceleration when dumping, so that an operator during the tipping Dumping the carriage may run the risk of injuring yourself or damaging the cutting machine. By damping the pivoting movement, the speed during pivoting is significantly reduced. This reduces the risk of accident for the operator or the risk that the operator may damage the cutting machine if the carriage is carelessly pivoted.

Preferably, the pivotal movement can be damped from the cutting position to a cleaning position. The damping increases the ergonomics, since the operator now no longer has to work against the full weight of the carriage during the slewing process.

Even with a pivoting of the carriage or the support plate from the cleaning position into the cutting position, the damping of the pivoting movement via the damping element and / or the spring element is advantageous. Upon pivoting back the carriage or the platen from the cleaning position to the cutting position, an operator must work against the full weight of the carriage in conventional slides to prevent too fast pivoting or folding of the carriage or the platen. By damping this pivoting movement, the speed of the platen or the carriage is significantly reduced in the cutting position.

It is also advantageous if the carriage has a spring element in order to damp a pivoting movement of the support plate. As a further advantage, part of the weight force acting on the carriage and / or the support plate is stored in the spring element during pivoting of the carriage. This stored force is then used to initiate the panning operation To assist opposite direction and thus allow the operator to facilitate the operation of the cutting machine. It is thus provided that energy is stored in the spring element when the carriage and / or the support plate are swiveled from the cutting position into the cleaning position, for example, which is then released from the cleaning position into the cutting position during the subsequent pivoting back of the carriage and / or the support plate allow the operator to pivot with little effort.

It can be provided that in one embodiment, a damping element is used, which may be formed as an oil pressure damper or as a gas spring.

It can further be provided that in one embodiment, a spring element is used, which is designed as a torsion spring or as a gas pressure spring. Under gas spring or gas spring is a pneumatic spring understood in which a gas under high pressure is used to provide a spring force. A gas spring has a cylinder with a piston rod guided therein and a piston. Inside the cylinder, a gas is filled under pressure, which acts on the piston and thus on the piston rod. The resulting spring force results from the gas pressure and the cross-sectional area of the piston used.

For an advantageous effect can be provided to use both a damping element and a spring element to achieve optimum coordination of the force curve when pivoting the carriage and / or the support plate. Advantageously, as a single component and a spring damping element can be used, which has the property of Damper and the property of a spring united. Thus, an optimal balance of the force curve can be achieved when panning and also take place a reduction in manufacturing costs. For example, a gas spring with an integrated damping mechanism can be used.

It is provided that the cutting machine has a machine housing which supports a drive motor and a cutting blade driven in rotation by the drive motor in a cutting plane. On the machine housing, a carriage with a support plate for supporting strand-like material to be cut is movable back and forth parallel to the cutting plane.

In one embodiment, it can be provided that the machine housing has a drive with a drive motor in order to move the carriage parallel to the cutting plane. The drive motor can be arranged within the machine housing and drive a rotating toothed belt. A run of the toothed belt is connected to the carriage foot to move it along the linear guide. By switching the direction of rotation of the carriage drive motor, the carriage can then be moved back and forth parallel to the cutting plane.

The carriage has a cutting position in which the platen is oriented substantially orthogonal, ie perpendicular, to the cutting blade or the cutting plane. In the cutting position, the edge of the support plate facing the cutting blade has the smallest possible distance to the cutting blade in order to allow the best possible guidance of the strand-like material to be cut. In the cleaning position is the Slide or the support plate swung out. It is provided parallel to the cutting plane extending pivot axis. The support plate can be pivoted about the pivot axis by an angle in the range of 15 ° to over 90 ° in an arranged at an angle to the cutting plane cleaning position. As a result, the front edge of the platen removed from the knife and the cutting blade itself is freely accessible for cleaning purposes.

In one embodiment, the cutting machine can be designed as a vertical cutter with a circular blade rotating in a vertical cutting plane.

In another embodiment, the cutting machine may be an oblique cutter or a gravity cutter, wherein a circular blade rotates in a cutting plane tilted against the vertical by an angle of about 10 to about 35 degrees.

In order to enable an ergonomic pivoting in one embodiment, it can be provided that the spring element acts on the support plate with a force in the direction of the cutting position. Preferably, it is provided that the characteristic of the spring element is adapted to the force curve during pivoting of the carriage or the stop plate such that the applied by a user during the pivoting force is in a range of less than 20 N, preferably less than 10 N. , The applied during pivoting force can either act in the direction of the cutting position, or act in the direction of the cleaning position.

In an advantageous embodiment, the spring element is designed or dimensioned such that in the cutting position, the force emanating from the carriage or the support plate and neutralize the outgoing force of the spring element, or at least results in only a small force in the direction of the cutting position. This resulting force is, for example, in a range of less than 20 N, preferably less than 10 N. This prevents the carriage or the support plate moves automatically from the cutting position toward cleaning position without an operator deliberately initiates a pivoting movement ,

In one embodiment, it can be provided that the spring element is arranged between the support plate and the carriage foot. Alternatively, the spring element may be arranged between a first part of the carriage foot and a second part of the carriage foot. The spring element is preferably designed so that it is charged during pivoting of the support plate from the cutting position to the cleaning position.

It can also be provided that the spring element is arranged either between the support plate and the carriage base or disposed between a first part of the Schlittenfußes and a second part of the Schlittenfußes, and is formed so that the spring element during pivoting of the platen from the cleaning position in the Cutting position is unloaded.

In one embodiment, provision can be made in particular for the carriage pivot bearing to pivotally connect the support plate to the carriage foot and to connect the carriage foot to a linear guide arranged in or on the machine housing.

In an alternative embodiment it can be provided that the slide pivot bearing pivotally connects the first part of the slide foot with the second part of the slide foot, and the first part of the slide foot is connected to a linear guide arranged in or on the machine housing and the second part of the slide foot with the Platen is firmly connected.

Next is provided according to an embodiment of the invention that the production of the cutting machine takes place by first the first end is connected to a bearing block during assembly of the spring element or the spring and damping element and then the spring element or the spring and damping element together with the bearing block is inserted into a arranged on a first part of the carriage foot recess and then the second end of the spring element or of the spring and damping element is connected to the second part of the carriage foot. Thus, the spring element or the spring and damping element can be conveniently prepared outside of the machine housing. Subsequently, the spring element or the spring and damping element can then be installed stress-free in the cutting position of the carriage.

It is advantageous if the bearing block is held positively in the recess and guided linearly displaceable. Thus, the spring element or the spring and damping element can already be fixed by insertion into the recess. Since the spring element or the spring and damping element without load has a longer longitudinal extent than with load, it is preferably provided that the bearing block is guided in the recess linearly displaceable. Due to the displacement of the bearing block, the Compensated length of the spring element or the spring and damping element and the spring element or the spring and damping element are mounted stress-free.

In order to build a certain bias in the cutting position of the carriage can be provided that the bearing block is screwed in the recess via a screw with the first part of the carriage foot and the spring element or the spring and damping element is tightened when screwing the bearing block. By tightening the screw the bearing block is against the force of the spring element or the spring and damping element attracted to the first slide member until he finally comes into contact with this. In this case, the spring element or the spring and damping element is tensioned, so that even in the cutting position of the carriage acts a bias that prevents tilting of the carriage.

In one embodiment, provision may be made for the carriage to be mounted on the machine housing via the carriage foot in such a manner that the carriage can be moved along the machine housing with the support plate folded out. Thereby, a cleaning of the cutting machine is facilitated by the carriage can be moved with the unfolded in a cleaning position of the carriage and accessibility to dirty areas of the cutting machine is improved. In particular, the linear guide of the carriage can be designed so that when folded support plate of the entire travel of the carriage is available.

In order to enable safe operation of the cutting machine, it is provided that the Schlittenfuß a releasable locking device has to secure the support plate during the cutting operation, ie in the cutting position against pivoting, preferably in that the locking device in the cutting position, the second part of the carriage foot releasably connects to the first part of the carriage foot. Thus, it is prevented in the cutting operation that the carriage or the carriage support can be accidentally released and unintentionally pivoted into the cleaning position. The locking device can be designed in particular as a manually operable locking device. For example, the locking means may comprise a manually operable latch to secure the platen against pivoting in the cutting position. It can be provided in particular that a handle is rotatably connected to a screw or a bayonet lock to secure the support plate in the cutting position against pivoting.

An advantageous force curve during the pivoting process is obtained by providing in one embodiment that the center of mass of the carriage and / or the center of gravity of the support plate is arranged on the side facing away from the machine housing of the carriage pivot bearing. This results from the weight of the carriage or the support plate, a torque which supports the pivoting of the carriage.

In order to further increase operating safety, provision may be made for the carriage foot to have a recess and for the damping element and / or the spring element to be arranged at least partially within the recess. The arrangement of the damping element and / or the spring element within a recess of the carriage foot on the one hand, a mechanical protection of the damping element and / or the On the other hand, an inadvertent contact of the element is avoided. In particular, during pivoting can be prevented so that an operator can pinch a finger in the region of the spring and / or damping element, for example.

In order to facilitate a simple cleaning, it can be provided in one embodiment that the support plate is detachably connected to the carriage foot in such a way that the support plate can be removed from the carriage foot in the cleaning position. This makes it possible that the tray can be removed for cleaning by the cutting machine. Thus, for example, a wet cleaning of the shelf or a cleaning in a dishwasher is easily possible.

An application of the cutting machine according to the invention is provided in particular in food processing. The cutting machine can be used, for example, in the sale of fresh sausage and / or cheese. Also in the industrial processing of food, the slicer can be used for slicing preferably predetermined portions of meat and / or sausage and / or cheese.

Fig. 1:

eine schematische Ansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Schneidemaschine,

Fig. 2:

eine Schnittdarstellung im Bereich des Schlittens mit ausgeschwenkter Auflageplatte,

Fig. 3:

eine Schnittdarstellung im Bereich des Schlittens mit verriegelter Auflageplatte

Fig. 4:

Eine Detaildarstellung im Bereich des Schlittenfußes mit gelöster Gasdruckfeder

Fig.5:

Eine Detaildarstellung im Bereich des Schlittenfußes mit freigeschnittenem Gasfederlager

An exemplary embodiment and further advantageous features of the invention are illustrated in the figures and described in the accompanying description of the figures. Showing:

Fig. 1:

a schematic view of a cutting machine according to the invention,

Fig. 2:

a sectional view in the region of the carriage with swung-out support plate,

3:

a sectional view in the area of the carriage with locked support plate

4:

A detail in the area of the slide foot with dissolved gas spring

Figure 5:

A detailed representation in the area of the slide foot with cutaway gas spring bearing

The Fig. 1 shows a cutting machine 1 according to the invention with a machine housing 11. The machine housing 11 has a substantially rectangular base on which a motor tower 15 projects upwards. In the engine tower 15, a drive motor, not shown, is received, which is connected to a cutting blade 2 and drives this. At the top of the motor tower 15, an operating and / or display unit for operating the cutting machine 1 is arranged.

The cutting blade 2 is covered in the region of its cutting edge by a C-shaped knife protection ring 22 in order to prevent inadvertent contact with the cutting edge of the cutting blade 2. The front of the cutting blade 2 is covered with a blade cover 23 surface to prevent contact with the flat side of the rotary cutting blade 2 in the cutting operation.

The cutting blade 2 is driven by the drive motor and rotates in a vertically oriented cutting plane. The cutting area of the cutting blade 2 is defined by the area left clear by the blade protection ring 22. Before the cutting area a parallel to the cutting blade 2 slidable stop plate 12 is mounted on the machine housing. Via a handle 13, the stop plate 12 can be adjusted to adjust the cutting thickness and thus a desired slice thickness.

In the area in front of the cutting blade 2, a carriage 3, which is displaceable parallel to the cutting plane, is arranged. The carriage 3 has a carriage foot 34 and a support plate 31 for supporting cutting material. The support plate 31 is connected at its bottom to the carriage foot 34. The carriage 3 is mounted on the slide foot 34 on a linear guide 17 of the machine housing 11. The carriage 3 comprises a hand guard 32 and a cutting stock 33. Both the Schneidguthalterung 33 and the hand guard 32 are partially transparent designed to give an operator insight into the carriage 3 and in the cutting area. Cutting material to be cut is placed on the surface of the support plate 31 and held by the Schneidguthaltevorrichtung 33. During the cutting process, the material to be cut is conveyed to the cutting blade 2 by means of the cutting material holding device 33. By moving back and forth of the carriage 3 2 individual slices are separated from the strand-like material to be cut with the cutting blade.

The separated from the cutting blade 2 discs are taken behind the cutting blade 2 by a chain frame 14 and conveyed across the cutting plane. About a pivotable Abschläger 14 a are the Slices detached from the chain frame 14 and stored in a storage area 16.

In the Figures 2 and 3 is a sectional view in the region of the carriage 3 is shown. The Fig. 2 shows a cleaning position, ie a pivoted position of the support plate 31. In the Fig. 3 the cutting position is shown. In the cutting position, the support plate 31 is orthogonal, ie arranged substantially rectangular to the cutting plane or the cutting blade 2. In addition, the support plate 31 is locked in the cutting position via a locking device 35 against accidental pivoting. The support plate 31 is configured substantially rectangular and has a greater extent orthogonal to the cutting plane than in the direction oriented parallel to the cutting plane. As a result, the support plate 31 is suitable for supporting a relatively long material to be cut. The center of gravity M of the support plate 31 is located on the side facing away from the machine housing side of the Schlittenfußes 34. This means that the weight of the support plate 31 causes a torque in the direction of the cleaning position.

The support plate 31 is detachably connected to a first part 341 of the carriage foot and can be removed in the cleaning position for cleaning purposes. The first part 341 of the slide foot 34 is pivotally connected via a pivot bearing 36 to a second part 342 of the carriage foot. The pivot bearing 36 has a pivot axis extending parallel to the cutting plane.

The locking device 35 comprises a handle 352 and a handle operable by the bolt 351. The locked Locking device 35 connects in the cutting position, the first part 341 of the carriage foot with the second part 342 of the carriage foot as in Fig. 3 seen. After releasing the locking device 35, the first part 341 of the carriage foot can be swung out, as in the Fig. 2 is shown. At the end of the pivoting path, the support plate 31 comes into contact with a stop, not shown, to limit the pivoting path.

In the lower region of the slide foot 34, a gas spring 4 is arranged, which connects the first part 341 of the slide foot with the second part 342 of the slide foot. The gas spring 4 is designed as a gas spring with integrated damping mechanism 5. The gas spring 4 comprises a cylinder 41, in which a piston 42 is guided linearly with a piston rod. At both ends, the gas spring 4 fastening eyes 431 and 432, with which it is connected to one of the two slide parts 341, 342. The gas spring 4 is arranged at a distance below the carriage pivot axis 36 and formed as a compression spring. This means that it is charged during the pivoting of the carriage 3 from the cutting position to the cleaning position.

The second part 342 of the carriage 3 is guided on the machine housing 11 via a linear guide 17 linearly displaceable. The linear guide 17 comprises a sliding axis 171, which is connected to the machine housing 11 and extends parallel to the cutting plane within the machine housing 11. Above the sliding axis 171, a torque arm 172 is arranged. The torque arm 172 prevents lateral tilting of the carriage 3.

In order to pivot the carriage 3 or the support plate 31 in the cleaning position, an operator triggers starting from in the Fig. 3 Subsequently, the connection between the first part 341 of the carriage and the second part 342 of the slide foot 34 comes loose. In this position prevents the gas spring 4 that the support plate 31 swings uncontrolled due to their weight in the cleaning position. The operator can now swing out the support plate 31 with relatively little effort, ie spend in the cleaning position, wherein the gas spring 4 applies a counter force against the pivoting movement. As a result, the pivoting movement is damped and the gas spring 4 is charged at the same time. That is, in the gas spring 4, a part of the kinetic energy is stored when swinging. The gas spring 4 develops while a force that counteracts the direction of rotation during pivoting of the support plate 31 and the support plate 31 brakes when swinging.

This counterforce also causes the operator when pivoting the support plate 31 of the in Fig. 2 shown cleaning position in the in Fig. 3 shown cutting position only has to expend a relatively small force, since the gas pressure spring 4, the first part 341 of the carriage foot 34 and the support plate 31 is applied in the direction of the cutting position. After the support plate 31 has been returned to the cutting position, the operator locks the locking device 35 via the handle 352. Subsequently, the cutting operation of the cutting machine 1 can be resumed.

In the Fig. 4 is a situation when installing or removing the gas spring 4 shown. The gas spring 4 has in its installed position, the off Fig. 3 it can be seen, a bias that prevents the carriage 3 from tipping after loosening the locking device 35 already. However, this bias makes it difficult to install the gas spring 4. The gas spring therefore has a bearing block 44 which is pivotally connected to the first attachment point 431 of the gas spring 4. The connection of gas spring 4 and bearing block 44 takes place outside of the machine housing 11 and can already be prepared for example in the manufacture prior to assembly of the cutting machine. The gas spring 4 is then inserted together with the bearing block 44 from below into a recess 37 of the first part 341 of the carriage foot. The bearing block 44 is received positively in the recess 37. The recess 37 extends in the vertical direction over a greater distance than the height of the bearing block 44. Therefore, the bearing block can be moved within the recess 37, ie to move upwards. This evasive movement increases the effective length available for installing the gas spring. This means that the gas spring 4 can be installed stress-free. After inserting the bearing block in the recess 37, the second end 432 of the gas spring 4 is connected or screwed to the fixed second part 342 of the carriage foot.

In the Fig. 5 the gas spring 4 is shown with the cutaway bearing block 44. For clarity, the first part of the slide foot was removed in the drawing to demonstrate the arrangement of gas spring 4 and bearing block 44 in the installed position.

After the gas spring 4 is fixed to the second part 342 of the slide foot, a screw 45 is inserted from below through an opening in the first part 341 of the slide foot and connected to the bearing block 44. By tightening this screw 45, the bearing block 44 in the illustration of Fig. 4 pulled down against the first part 341 of the carriage foot. In this movement, the gas spring 4 is simultaneously biased. The screw is fixed as soon as the bearing block 44 rests on the lower web of the first part 341 of the carriage foot and the screw 45 has reached its predetermined torque. This position corresponds to the illustration in Fig. 3 , In this position, ie in the cutting position of the carriage, the gas spring 4 is biased and causes the support plate 31 of the carriage is acted upon in the direction of the cutting position. By this bias of the gas spring 4 prevents the support plate 31 tilts automatically after loosening the locking device 35.

An expansion of the gas spring 4 is carried out in the reverse order. Starting from the cutting position of the carriage, which in the Fig. 3 is shown, the screw connection of the bearing block is first released by loosening the screw 45. In this case, the bearing block 44 is pushed along the recess 37 by the force of the gas spring 4 up and the gas spring 4 relaxes. Subsequently, the connection 432 of the gas spring 4 can be solved with the first slide member 342 and the gas spring then be removed together with the bearing block 44 down from the recess 37. So it is possible in a relatively simple manner, for example, as part of a maintenance, to replace a worn spring element.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

cutting machine

11

machine housing

12

stop plate

13

Sectional area adjustment

14

Track frame

14a

sloughs

15

motor tower

16

storage area

17

linear guide

171

sliding axis

172

torque arm

2

cutting blade

21

blade cover

22

Blade guard

3

carriage

31

platen

32

hand protection

33

product holder

34

carriage foot

341

Sled base first part

342

Sled base second part

35

locking device

351

bolt

352

handle

36

Chase pivot bearings

37

recess

4

Gas spring

41

cylinder

42

piston

431

first fastening eye

432

second fastening eye

44

bearing block

45

screw

5

damping element

M

Center of gravity

Claims (15)

1. Slicing machine for cutting off slices of in particular an elongate item to be cut,
   having a machine housing (11) which has a drive motor and a cutting knife (2) that is driven in rotation in a slicing plane thereby, and a carriage (3) that is movable back and forth parallel to the slicing plane and has a support plate (31) and a carriage base (34) connecting the support plate (31) to the machine housing (11), and having a carriage pivot bearing (36) which has a pivot axis extending parallel to the slicing plane in order to pivot the support plate (31) from a slicing position oriented substantially orthogonally to the slicing plane into a cleaning position,
   characterized
   in that the carriage (3) has an oil shock absorber or a gas compression spring (4) as damping element (5) and/or as spring element (4), which effects a connection between the support plate (31) and the carriage base (34) or between a first part (341) of the carriage base and a second part (342) of the carriage base, in order to damp and/or to support the pivoting movement of the support plate (31) from the slicing position into the cleaning position and/or back again.
2. Slicing machine according to Claim 1,
   characterized
   in that the gas compression spring (4) is pretensioned in the slicing position of the carriage (3) and has the effect that the support plate (31) is urged in the direction of the slicing position.
3. Slicing machine according to either of Claims 1 and 2,
   characterized
   in that the gas compression spring (4) urges the support plate (31) in the direction of the slicing position with a force.
4. Slicing machine according to Claim 3,
   characterized
   in that the gas compression spring (4) is configured or dimensioned such that, in the slicing position, the force originating from the carriage (3) or the support plate (31) and the opposing force originating from the gas compression spring cancel one another out, or a force of less than 20 N in the direction of the slicing position results.
5. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized
   in that the spring element (4) is arranged between the support plate (31) and the carriage base (34) or is arranged between a first part (341) of the carriage base and a second part (342) of the carriage base, and is configured such that the spring element is loaded when the support plate (31) is pivoted from the slicing position into the cleaning position.
6. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized
   in that the spring element (4) is arranged between the support plate (31) and the carriage base (34) or is arranged between a first part (341) of the carriage base and a second part (342) of the carriage base, and is configured such that the spring element is relieved of load when the support plate (31) is pivoted from the cleaning position into the slicing position.
7. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized
   in that the carriage pivot bearing (36) connects the support plate (31) to the carriage base (34) in a pivotable manner, and the carriage base (34) is connected to a linear guide (17) arranged in or on the machine housing (11).
8. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized
   in that the carriage pivot bearing (36) connects the first part (341) of the carriage base to the second part (342) of the carriage base in a pivotable manner, and the first part (341) of the carriage base is connected to a linear guide (17) arranged in or on the machine housing (11) and the second part (342) of the carriage base is firmly connected to the support plate (31).
9. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
   characterized
   in that the carriage base (34) has a releasable locking device (35) in order to secure the support plate (31) against pivoting in the slicing position, preferably by the locking device (35) releasably connecting the second part (342) of the carriage base to the first part (341) of the carriage base in the slicing position.
10. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized
    in that the centre of mass (M) of the carriage (3) and/or the centre of mass of the support plate (31) is arranged on that side of the carriage pivot bearing (36) that is remote from the machine housing (11).
11. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized
    in that the carriage base (34) has a cutout (37), and in that the damping element (5) and/or the spring element (4) is arranged at least partially within the cutout.
12. Slicing machine according to one of the preceding claims,
    characterized
    in that the support plate (31) is releasably connected to the carriage base (34) such that the support plate (31) is removable from the carriage base (34) in the cleaning position.
13. Method for producing a slicing machine having a cutting knife (2) that is driven in rotation in a slicing plane and a carriage (3) that is movable back and forth parallel to the slicing plane, said carriage (3) being guided in a linearly displaceable manner via a two-part carriage base (34) and being pivotable out about a pivot axis extending parallel to the slicing plane for cleaning purposes, and the pivot axis mounts the first part (341) of the carriage base in a pivotable manner on the second part (342) of the carriage base,
    characterized
    in that the pivoting movement of the carriage (3) into the cleaning position and/or back again is damped and/or supported via a spring element (4) or a spring and damping element (5), wherein, when the spring element (4) or the spring and damping element (5) is fitted, first of all its first end (431) is connected to a bearing block (44) and then the spring element (4) or the spring and damping element (5) is introduced, together with the bearing block (44), into a cutout (37) arranged in a first part (341) of the carriage base, and subsequently the second end (432) of the spring element (4) or of the spring and damping element (5) is connected to the second part (342) of the carriage base.
14. Method for producing a slicing machine according to Claim 13,
    characterized
    in that the bearing block (44) is held in a form-fitting manner and guided in a linearly displaceable manner in the cutout (37).
15. Method for producing a slicing machine according to Claim 13 or 14,
    characterized
    in that, in the cutout (37), the bearing block (44) is screwed to the first part (341) of the carriage base via a screw connection, and the spring element (4) or the spring and damping element (5) is tensioned when the bearing block (44) is screw-connected.

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