Cutting – With means to convey work relative to tool station – With projections on work-carrier
Patent
1993-09-09
1994-07-26
Seidel, Richard K.
Cutting
With means to convey work relative to tool station
With projections on work-carrier
834352, 83932, 1986266, B26D 311
Patent
active
053318749
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates generally to a cutting system for vegetables, including potatoes, which includes a conveyor for transporting food product to the general vicinity of a rotating cutting blade. The conveyor generally aligns the food product and arranges it in a single row. The conveyor introduces the food product between a pair of endless belts which include contoured paddles on their mating surfaces to receive the food product and drive it toward the cutting knife. The endless belts are floating and coupled to pneumatic pistons to maintain contact between the paddles and the food product, even though the food product may vary in size. A double sided driving chain belt drives the endless belts to ensure positive, non-slipping feeding. The paddles prevent rotation of the food product while it is being cut. In the most preferred embodiment, the device is used for feeding potatoes into a rotating knife adapted to cut helical strips.
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Alcorn George R.
Foster Clyde E.
Peterson Kenneth E.
Seidel Richard K.
Universal Frozen Foods, Inc
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