ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,068, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BIZERBA SE & Co. KG (Balingen, Germany).
"Slicing machine having a knife monitoring device" was invented by Ralf Steinhilber (Balingen, Germany) and Markus Bodmer (Messstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically operated slicing machine cuts slices from material to be cut. The slicing machine has a slicing device, which includes an electric blade motor; a circular blade rotatably driven by the electric blade motor; and a carriage that is moved parallel to the circular blade to receive and move the material to be cut. A blade monitor monitors a condition of the circular blade...