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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357340 | Destruction method with 45 degree feeding True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338273 | Cutter machine A cutter machine has a knife holder 13 mounted onto a cutter shaft 6 at the center portion, wherein a material to be cut is cut with knives 15 mounted onto the outer circumference of the knife holder 13 by rotating the knife holder 13 | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7258044 | Apparatus and process for cutting of extruded material A rotating cutting apparatus comprising a cutting blade holder with at least one hole on the outside diameter of the cutting blade holder into which cutting blades are inserted and bonded to the cutting blade holder. The cutting blade holder encloses a center hole, ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7137325 | System for conveying and slicing A novel food processing system for dividing a flow of food items into a plurality of streams, gently and quickly transporting the food items along a flume of fluid propelled by eductors to several slicers, transversely slicing the food items at a controlled rate to ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7117777 | Flying punch for webs A punching station for a web includes a web transport system that operates to advance the web in a first direction at a first rate. A clamp intermittently grips a portion of the web to advance the portion in the first direction at a second rate. A punch is coupled t... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7066071 | Food slicer A food slicer includes a frame with a food-receiving platform having an aperture therein. A reversible cutting blade has first and second cutting edges and is selectively removably mountable on the frame in first and second positions for respectively disposing the f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7000518 | Apparatus for cutting food product An apparatus for cutting food product so that the product is properly oriented and stabilized before and throughout the cutting operation to produce a sliced product of uniform thickness, even if the delivered food product varies in shape and size, such as when both... | 02/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6920813 | Method for slicing food products A transverse food slicer includes a generally horizontal conveyor for advancing food products to be sliced to a vertical cutting wheel having radially mounted cutting blades thereon rotating in a cutting plane that transversely slice the conveyed food products. Betw... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6826987 | Method for cutting movable web material A cutting apparatus and method wherein a blade holder includes two blades which are each designed for cutting web material (e.g., dry film photoresist) in a reverse manner prior to application of the material to a substrate (e.g., dielectric-conductor structure) des... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6709256 | Apparatus for encrusting a filling material An apparatus for encrusting bean jam is provided wherein patterns for opening and closing movements and up and down movements of shutter members of a cutting apparatus can be readily changed. The encrusting apparatus includes a cutting apparatus (13) having a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6644179 | Measured utility kitchen tool The utility kitchen tool is a multiple task tool used in the kitchen utilizing the force of a spring-loaded scissor action handle applied to a push plate mounted within an attaching interchangeable scoop or container allowing for the scoop to create forme... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6209432 | Method and apparatus for cutting wire A fixed blade and a rotary cutter are mounted in a supporting frame of a wire cutting apparatus. A clearance not larger than a half of a diameter of the wire is provided between a tip of the fixed blade and a tip of the rotary cutter. The rotary cutter ha... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6148702 | Method and apparatus for uniformly slicing food products A method of cutting food products into uniform thickness slices using a rotary cutting wheel fitted with radially extending, circumferentially spaced, tensioned and forwardly pitched bevel sharpened cutter blades rotating in a cutter plane and extending b... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6026727 | Rotary scoring apparatus having retractable scoring blade An improved scoring apparatus of the type used in box making operations for the purpose of creating strategically located scores and cuts in box blanks that define the folding lines and tabs of the finished boxes. The scoring apparatus includes a selectiv... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5992287 | 2-piece cutter blade for producing helical vegetable strips A cutter disk is removably mounted in equipment that cuts potatoes into helical strips. A knife blade extends radially outwardly from the axis of rotation of the disk and is axially displaced from the front surface of the disk. A plurality of slitter blad... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983769 | Apparatus for high capacity rotary cheese shredding An apparatus for shredding cheese is disclosed which is capable of producing relatively precise square cross-section cheese shreds of a desired length. The apparatus is capable of simultaneously shredding multiple cheese blocks for high capacity cheese sh... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5896801 | Rotary apparatus for cutting a food product An apparatus for cutting a food product is disclosed which utilizes a cutting wheel having a plurality of knives extending between a hub and a rim in conjunction with other cutting knives to produce a multi-dimensional cut of the food product. The use of ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5836225 | Method and apparatus for processing chopped fibers from continuous tows Apparatus for processing chopped fibers from essentially continuous tows, each consisting of individual strands, comprises independently or selectively feeding at least two tows to a venturi pump and associated cutter mechanism where the tows are cut or c... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5791220 | Cutting device of packing apparatus A cutting device of packing apparatus includes at least three cutting blades arranged around the packing material expanding cylinder in a substantially equally-spaced manner. The cutting blades are rotatable about their own rotational axes in a synchronou... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5662033 | Food cutting device A food cutting apparatus, comprising a base member having at least one slot defined substantially laterally therethrough, and an aperture defined substantially longitudinally therethrough for receiving a food article; a first cutting member, slidably enga... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5619897 | Cutter blade for producing helical vegetable strips A cutter for cutting helical vegetable strips comprising a circular disk-like plate having an upstream surface and an axis of rotation. The cutter has a knife blade extending radially from the axis of rotation, the blade edge being axially displaced from ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5450777 | Method and apparatus for processing chopped fibers from continuous tows An apparatus for processing chopped fibers from essentially continuous tows, each consisting of individual strands, comprises selectively feeding at least two tows to a venturi pump and associated cutter mechanism where the tows are cut or chopped into re... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5385074 | Apparatus and method for cutting helically shaped potato pieces An apparatus for cutting helically shaped pieces from potatoes has a top portion forming a drive section, a center portion forming a feed section and a lower portion forming a cutting section. The drive section comprises a plurality of rotatable shafts ex... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5301577 | Method of food slicing to form multiple slices each blade revolution A method is provided for slicing food product sticks such as loaves or chubs or the like of meat and cheese. A blade assembly is utilized which includes a plurality of, typically two, blade members, each of which has a curved cutting surface that terminat... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5293803 | Cutting assembly A blade assembly for cutting vegetables, such as potatoes, preparatory to processing into a plurality of helical strips. The assembly includes a vertically disposed central cutting tube, a base plate and a plurality of tiers disposed therebetween. The tie... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5224409 | Apparatus for producing helical slices An apparatus for producing helical slices of an object, such as a potato. The apparatus includes a rotatably mounted knife assembly having one or more sets of knife blades arranged in a spiral pattern. Each set of knife blades produces a set of helically ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5211098 | Apparatus for forming a helical spiral food product A cut food piece formed in the shape of a helical split ring (10) having a predetermined number of spirals by means of first piercing a series of slots in the whole food product by penetration blade assembly (248) prior to urging the whole food product in... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5146831 | Quick release cutting hub assembly I provide the quick release cutting hub assembly for a pelletizer with a cutting plane formed between a cutter and a die plate comprising a pelletizer shaft having a bore, a cutter assembly supporting the cutter and a support means mounted on one end of t... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5129299 | Dicing machine A machine for cutting slabs of fresh or frozen tempered meat into diced sections and defined by a conveyor assembly comprised of a feed belt and an associated spring-biased feed roll, a strip cutting assembly comprised of a first knife roll of circular kn... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5097735 | Helical spiral food product and apparatus for making the same A cut food piece formed in the shape of a helical split ring (10) having a predetermined number of spirals by means of first piercing a series of slots in the whole food product by penetration blade assembly (248) prior to urging the whole food product in... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5065656 | Food slicing with multiple cutting surface blade An apparatus is provided for slicing food product sticks such as loaves or chubs or the like of meat and cheese. A blade assembly is utilized which includes a plurality of, typically two, blade members, each of which has a curved cutting surface that term... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5010796 | Helical split ring french fry and apparatus for making the same A cut food piece formed in the shape of a helical split ring (10) by means of first cutting a slot in the whole food product by slot cutter (30) prior to urging the whole food product into engagement with cutter blade assembly (20) having wheel plate (21)... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4979418 | Food processing apparatus A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficiently cutting food items, such as potatoes, into helical strips. The food items are provided seriatim to the cutting assembly from a conveyor system fed by a trough shaker or other singulator device. Food ite... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4962895 | 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... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4926726 | Food processing apparatus A method and apparatus are disclosed for efficiently cutting food items, such as potatoes, into helical strips. The food items are provided seriatim to a cutter head assembly from a conveyor system. Food items on the conveyor system are aligned longitudin... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4813317 | Rotary slicing machine A rotary slicing machine including a cylindrical-shaped cutter assembly having at least one knife element and mounted for rotation about a horizontal axis is provided with an elongate feed chute within which the individual products to be sliced are suppor... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4800792 | Cutting device for hot granulation of thermoplastic polymers A cutting device for the hot granulation of thermoplastic polymers including a rotary driving shaft, a blade-carrying disc rigidly keyed on the driving shaft and blades not rigidly mounted on said disc and sliding on the cutting plate, each blade being pa... | 01/31/1989 |
