Abstract: A meat cutter, a blade head and an associated cutter blade (11, 12) are provided to reduce the complexity with respect to assembly and disassembly and the diversity of the parts, and the potential danger during assembly and disassembly. This is achieved according to the invention by providing the blade foot (2) of the cutter blade (1, 11, 12) with a toothing structure (8) with projections (9) and recesses (10), which point towards the drive shaft (19) and by means of which the cutter blade (11, 12) can be positioned in a rotationally secure manner in a matching toothing structure (14), by being pushed on in the axial direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for grinding hand knives, in particular for meat processing, with at least one grinding tool is proposed, by means of which a knife ground finish, in particular during the reconditioning of hand knives after use, is made possible in a repeatable manner with reproducible grinding quality. This is achieved according to the invention in that a knife magazine (6, 7) for accommodating at least one hand knife is provided, in that a driven manipulating device (3, 4, 5) having at least one knife gripper (5) is provided, in that at least one sensor unit (22) for at least partly recording the knife contour is provided, and in that an electronic evaluating and control unit for evaluating the sensor data and for activating the manipulating device (3, 4, 5) is provided.

Abstract: An apparatus for grinding hand knives, in particular for meat processing, with at least one grinding tool is proposed, by means of which a knife ground finish, in particular during the reconditioning of hand knives after use, is made possible in a repeatable manner with reproducible grinding quality. This is achieved according to the invention in that a knife magazine (6, 7) for accommodating at least one hand knife is provided, in that a driven manipulating device (3, 4, 5) having at least one knife gripper (5) is provided, in that at least one sensor unit (22) for at least partly recording the knife contour is provided, and in that an electronic evaluating and control unit for evaluating the sensor data and for activating the manipulating device (3, 4, 5) is provided.

Abstract: A cutter which is particularly suitable for raw sausage production. Setting out from a knife with a knee and two circular cutting curves of equal radius and an outer edge concentric to the pivot, the base point of a perpendicular drawn from the knee onto the radial through the tip having a spacing from the pivot which is at least 1/4 of the distance from the pivot to the tip, the special feature consists in the fact that the radials to the knee and to the tip enclose an angle of at least 60.degree.. This results in a particularly broad knife blade.

Abstract: A blade assembly for a meat cutter, which assembly includes a drive shaft having an axis, a plurality of driving discs made of light metal mounted on the drive shaft, a plurality of cutting blades alternating with the driving discs along the shaft to form a stack with the driving discs, two end pieces mounted on the shaft and each disposed at a respective end of the stack, the driving discs being connected in a form locking manner with the shaft and the blades being axially clamped between the driving discs in a force transmitting manner, a plurality of outer rings of chemically resistant plastic material each disposed around a respective one of the driving discs and end pieces, and being substantially coextensive, parallel to the shaft axis, with the associated driving disc or end piece, and each ring having a radial dimension substantially equal to the axial dimension of each driving disc, and a plurality of sealing rings of a chemically resistant plastic elastomeric material each pressed into a respective