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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161856 | Apparatus for cutting food product A cutting apparatus having an annular-shaped cutting head and an impeller assembly coaxially mounted for rotation within the cutting head to deliver food products radially outward toward the cutting head. The cutting head has at least one knife extending radially in... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8109188 | Modified slicing shoes and method for making food product shavings Modified slicing shoes and method for making food product shavings. A conventional slicing shoe for insertion into a slicing head assembly used in conjunction with a centrifugal type slicing machine is modified. The modified slicing shoes comprise a cutting edge hav... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7658133 | Apparatus for cutting food product A cutting apparatus having an annular-shaped cutting head and an impeller assembly coaxially mounted for rotation within the cutting head to deliver food products radially outward toward the cutting head. The cutting head has at least one knife extending radially in... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7270040 | Cutting head mounting and support ring system A cutting head mounting and supporting ring assembly having an interlocking joint arrangement for mounting the cutting head on a food slicing machine. The ring assembly includes a support ring having a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially extending flange... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263923 | Food product cutting apparatus and process An apparatus and process for cutting food products, in which the products are fed single-file by gravity through a cutting device comprising one or more cutting elements. The apparatus makes use of a device for contacting and positioning the products as they drop th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7223431 | Method for shredding blocks of material A method of shredding a block of material, which can be a block of cheese, includes moving blades about an axis and feeding a block of material in a feed plane toward the moving blades in a feeding direction, where the feeding direction is substantially perpendicula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201338 | Frozen beverage blender A frozen beverage blender equipped with an ice cutting mechanism including an upright machine frame mounted on a base structure, an upper hood horizontally mounted on the upper portion of the machine frame to be detachable downwardly, the upper hood having a downwar... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178440 | Knife and cutting wheel for a food product slicing apparatus A knife for a cutting wheel provided to slice food products including a knife holder having a recessed portion located along a leading side thereof, a clamp secured to the knife holder, and a cutting blade mounted between the clamp and knife holder along the leading... | 02/20/2007 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973862 | Method and apparatus for delivering product to a cutting device A method and apparatus by which potatoes and other elongate food product can be properly oriented and stabilized during a slicing operation performed by a cutting device having a horizontal cutting plane. The apparatus includes a passage extending downwardly toward ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968765 | Cutting head for cutting a food product An improved cutting head for a food product on a slicing machine including upper and lower mounting rings, a plurality of cutter support segments connected to the mounting rings, a cutting blade attached to a front edge portion of each cutter support segment, and op... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6928915 | Slicing machine with plug prevention device A plug prevention device is provided in a slicing machine having a rotary impeller for carrying products such as potatoes or the like into engagement with cutting knives to form lattice cut slices, wherein the plug prevention device prevents the products from lodgin... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6895846 | Slicing machine with tapered slicing gate A slicing machine includes a tapered slicing gate for use in cutting products such as potatoes or the like into a plurality of slices each having a tapered thickness. The slicing machine generally corresponds to U.S. Pat. No. 3,521,688 and includes a rotary impeller... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6883411 | Impeller for rotary slicing machine An improved impeller for use in a rotary food slicing machine comprising a rear base plate and at least one forward ring secured in axial spaced parallel relation relative to the rear base plate and a plurality of circumferentially spaced planar paddles spanning the... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6116130 | Cutting head assembly with replaceable blade The present invention discloses a replaceable blade cartridge and a compatible assembly for holding the cartridge wherein an old blade cartridge is slidably removed from the holding assembly and a new blade is slidably inserted into the holding assembly. ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6029552 | Method and apparatus for cutting fiber tow inside-out Inside-out cutter apparatus for cutting fiber tow into predetermined lengths including rotatable cylindrical member defining an axially extending passageway for receiving fiber tow therethrough and an outlet opening on periphery of cylindrical member thro... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5819628 | Replaceable blade cartridge for a centrifugal type food slicer The present invention discloses a replaceable blade cartridge and a compatible assembly for holding the cartridge wherein an old blade cartridge is slidably removed from the holding assembly and a new blade is slidably inserted into the holding assembly. ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5694824 | Cutting head for slicing a food product An improved cutting head for slicing a food product is disclosed wherein the cutting head includes a lower mounting ring attached to the bottom of the cutter support segments to position the cutter support segments and which lower mounting ring rests on a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5555787 | Replaceable blade cartridge for a centrifugal type food slicer The present invention discloses a replaceable blade cartridge and a compatible assembly for holding the cartridge wherein an old blade cartridge is slidably removed from the holding assembly and a new blade is slidably inserted into the holding assembly. ... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5361469 | Apparatus for helical cutting of a flexible tubular sheet of polymeric material In an apparatus for cutting a tubular film into an elongated strip wherein the tubular film is fed at a given velocity in flattened form from a supply reel to an expansion zone where the film is expanded into a tube, advanced after such expansion along a ... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5249494 | Cutting machine for slice-cutting, strip-cutting or dice-cutting The invention relates to a cutting machine for tuberiform vegetables or root crops, in which a rotor (2) is mounted rotatably in a rotation casing (1), the rotor carrying the material (4) and pressing it against the inner wall of the rotation casing. The ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5248366 | Method for helical cutting of a flexible tubular sheet of polymeric material Flexible tubular film is helically cut into a flat strip by feeding the tubular film in flattened form from a supply source to a film feeding means advancing the flat film tube at a predetermined velocity to a tube expansion zone in which the flat tube is... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5095875 | Knife for producing waffle and lattice cuts A integrally-formed knife for producing thick waffle-cut and lattice-cut potato slices has a blade and a shank extending rearwardly from the blade. The blade has opposing inclined surfaces which meet at a forward blade portion to define a thin corrugated ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5060545 | Method and apparatus for cutting tow into staple An apparatus for cutting tow into staple including a shaft having a tow passageway for guiding tow into a cutting mechanism as well as fluid inlet and fluid outlet passageways for providing a cooling media to a whorl assembly; a whorl assembly attached to... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4998677 | Machine for shaving ice An ice shaving machine in which a blade for shaving ice is adjustably supported by a blade mounting and adjustment plate for adjustment of the depth of penetration of the blade into a slot and thus into the ice, and is also adjustable to level the blade a... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4949612 | Apparatus for slicing vegetables An apparatus for slicing vegetables includes a stationary member holding stationary knives about the periphery of a rotating impeller hub. The hub has a hollow central opening for receiving vegetables. A plurality of circular tubular extensions having cir... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4945794 | Method and apparatus for feeding produce items to centrifugal slicers An apparatus and method for feeding whole produce items, especially those with peels, to a centrifugal slicer so as to maximize the amount of whole slices and retention of peel includes an insert block with a central vertical infeed passage, a plurality o... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4831908 | Package wind cutter An improved package wind cutter utilizes a specially configured guide hook carried on the periphery of a reduced diameter winder dome to eliminate the need for a pressure roller mounted internally of the winder dome, thereby simplifying the manufacture, o... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4794833 | Method and apparatus for monolayering of wafers A method and apparatus for monolayering sliced wafer-like articles such as fruit or vegetable slices to enhance further product processing. The apparatus includes a slice catcher in cooperative relationship with a centrifugal slicer such that discharged p... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4767068 | Domestic ice shaver A domestic ice shaver comprises a box-like base frame unit having a top surface beyond which a drive shaft rotated by a built-in motor protrudes, a shaver case unit mounted on the base frame unit and having a shaved ice piece discharge port to which a sha... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4674168 | Method for exchanging the blade receivers in disc cutter machines and disc cutter machines for carrying out the method In order to provide a method and a disc cutter machine for carrying out the method with which the previously strenuous blade receiver exchange is simplified and facilitated, it is provided that the blade receiver (8) to be exchanged is tilted up by means ... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4648296 | Method and apparatus for feeding slicers A centrifugal slicer is provided with an in-feed apparatus for feeding one item of produce at a time to be sliced. The in-feed apparatus includes a block with a channel having an inlet at the center of the slicer impeller for gravity feed of items to be s... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4625606 | Rotary cutting apparatus An improved rotary cutting apparatus is provided for cutting vegetables, particularly such as potatoes, into a distribution of strip sizes not exceeding a predetermined length limit. The apparatus comprises a conventional rotary impeller having peripheral... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4604925 | Method and apparatus for slicing produce Pieces of produce are sliced in a centrifugal slicer having an impeller rotating within a cylindrical slicing head having one or more slicing knives, the slicing head being rotated in the same direction as the impeller but at a rotational speed less than ... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4601227 | Food product with opposite phase-shifted corrugations of the same frequency and amplitude and method and apparatus of manufacture Food product pieces are formed with corrugations on opposite sides thereof, wherein the corrugations are substantially parallel and of substantially equal frequency and amplitude, and wherein the corrugations on one side are phase-shifted with respect to ... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4590835 | Cutter for food materials A cutter for food materials, has a holder including a corrugated distal end and an intermediate stepped portion forming a rearwardly extending groove. A corrugated cutter is disposed on the holder and includes a corrugated cutting edge extending forwardly... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4588135 | Mounting means for cutting blade of food-cutting apparatus This is a food-cutting apparatus wherein: a cutting blade is disposed on a back surface of a cutting plate so as to protrude its front tip from an opening provided in the cutting plate; the cutting plate is disconnectably mounted on a mounting plate havin... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4584919 | Drum cutting machine, e.g. for slicing sugar beet The cutting comprises a drive disc, over whose periphery detachable secured rods 12, preferably having a square cross-section, are distributed at equal spacings and are aligned parallel to the drum axis. Between each pair of adjacent rods a blade box 42 i... | 04/29/1986 |
| 4565329 | Food slicer In a food slicer, a frame is mounted to posts standing uprightly on a base, a cutting plate is removably secured to an upper portion of the frame, and a transfer rotor is removably secured to an upper portion of a rotary shaft which passes through the fra... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4548106 | Process and apparatus for continuous cutting of strip- or rope-like material According to the disclosed process, an endless fibrous material to be cut is wound in spiral form onto a rotatable cutter roll having radially outwardly oriented knives. A cutting force acts from the outside of the cutter roll radially inwardly, by way of... | 10/22/1985 |
