Article slicer with integral pick and placer

Details Article slicer with integral pick and placer Article slicer with integral pick and placer

2008-07-31

2011-12-06

Lee, Laura M. (Department: 3724)

Cutting

Tool engages work during dwell of intermittent workfeed

With means to guide, position, or present work to work-feed...

C083S168000, C083S169000, C083S437200, C083S751000, C083S932000, C426S518000, C099S549000, C099S643000, C414S749100

Reexamination Certificate

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08069763

ABSTRACT:
Tomatoes (11) or other articles are placed over moving cutter blades (20) in article openings (46) of an article locator (44) of the article slicer (10). Article pushers (24) move downwardly and have downwardly extending pusher fins (26) for pushing the tomatoes though the cutter blades (20). The article pushers (24) have laterally extending front openings (36) for receiving a high pressure fluid spray for cleaning the fins (26) and cutter blades (20) without disassembling the components of the slicer. The article pushers (24) are carried by a movable support plate (78) between retracted positions behind the cutter blades (20) and extended positions over the cutter blades (20). A pick and placer (76) is carried by the same movable support plate (78) and moves simultaneously in the same lateral directions as the article pushers (24), between positions over the on-coming line of tomatoes (11) on an entrance conveyor (64) and over the cutter blades (20).

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English translation of Japanese Office Action of Oct. 14, 2008 in Japanese Patent Application 2005-134151 filed May 2, 2005, 3 pages.

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