Foods and beverages: apparatus – Means to treat food – Subdividing into plural products
Patent
1996-09-09
1998-07-14
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Means to treat food
Subdividing into plural products
99546, 99635, 99639, 99640, 99642, 99643, A23N 700, A23N 1502, A23N 1504
Patent
active
057787719
ABSTRACT:
A vegetable topper is disclosed. In one embodiment, the topper includes a plurality of spaced rollers which are mounted on a pair of laterally spaced roller chain loops such that the rollers are able to freely spin relative to the roller chains. The rollers define a bed on which vegetables may be positioned and the flow of vegetables along the bed is generally perpendicular to the rotational axes of the rollers. A pair of laterally spaced traction members engage the lower surface of the rollers on the "upper" portion of the roller chain loops which define the bed such that the rollers of the bed are spun by relative movement between the roller chain loops and these belts. At least two cutter blades are disposed below the bed and cut vegetable tops which extend below a pair of adjacent rollers to provide a self-cleaning feature. A paddle wheel is disposed between these two cutter blades. Adjustment of the position of vegetables on the bed by the paddle wheel, particularly those vegetables which were not topped by the first cutter blade, increases the potential for these vegetables being topped by the second cutter blade which thereby increases the topping efficiency.
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