摘要 |
A vacuum cutter, especially for meat, having a stationary lower housing part and an upper cover part pivotably connected to one end of the lower part, an annular pan rotatable within the lower housing part about a vertical axis and having an outer rim overlapping an upwardly projecting ridge on the upper rim of the lower housing part which extends substantially horizontally with the exception of a relatively narrow upward projection through which a horizontal cutter shaft extends from one side of the machine over said pan so that cutter blades mounted on the free end of the cutter shaft are rotatable within a vertical plane through and above one side of the pan, said cover being substantially flat except for a tunnel-like upward projection covering the cutter shaft when the cover is closed and then engaging upon the projection of the lower housing part, said tunnellike projection terminating into a further upwardly projecting hood for covering the blades. The parts of the housing in which the pan is located are designed so as to have a very small volume which may be easily evacuated. |