Slicing machine carriage driving means

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EP 0 881 045 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	24.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/49

(21)	Application number: 98303829.0

(22)	Date of filing: 15.05.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B26D 7/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

31.05.1997 GB 9711145

(71)	Applicant: GEC AVERY LIMITED
	Warley, West Midlands B66 2LP (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Jung, Boudewijn Casper 4614 AK Bergen op Zoom (NL)

(74)	Representative: Hoste, Colin Francis
	The General Electric Company p.l.c. GEC Patent Department Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX Chelmsford, Essex CM1 2QX (GB)

(54)	Slicing machine carriage driving means

(57) A food slicer with a choice of product table operating modes incorporating a controller and a number of sensors. Operating modes include manual, servo-assisted and powered according to either predefined, or user defined parameters. There is also a learning mode in which the operator can arrange for the food slicer to store parameters from manual table movements for use in powered mode.

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