Apparatus for producing helical slices

Details Apparatus for producing helical slices Apparatus for producing helical slices

1991-06-27

1993-07-06

Watts, Douglas D.

Cutting

Other than completely through work thickness or through work...

Combined types of cutting

83102, 833563, 83592, 83932, B26D 326

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052244091

ABSTRACT:
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 shaped potato slices. The spiral arrangement of each blade set reduces the torque needed to slice an object using the knife assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive apparatus includes two sets of slicing blades, for producing two sets of intertwined helical product slices. A curved separator tube, which extends downward from the slicing blade area, disentangles the pair of intertwined slices having the smallest radius, as the blade assembly and the separator tube rotates as a unit.

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