Cutting – With product handling means – Including means to form or hold pile of product pieces
Patent
1997-07-30
2000-04-04
Rada, Rinaldi I.
Cutting
With product handling means
Including means to form or hold pile of product pieces
83155, 83165, 83703, 83714, 834092, 834108, 83733, 83439, 83443, 834687, 83856, 83932, 426518, 99537, B26D 732, B26D 706
Patent
active
060447397
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for decurling food material, such as slices severed from a food material supply, while the slices are being moved toward a transfer member includes a constriction positioned in close proximity to the slicing station and in general alignment therewith. The constriction is defined by opposing upper and lower surfaces; the upper surface is a stationary surface while the lower surface is a moving surface. The lower moving surface utilizes a plurality of flexible bands rotating around at least one roller, which are disposed proximate to the food material supply. The flexible bands are driven around a guide member having an arcuate profile that matches the curvature movement that the food material supply takes. The bands which form the lower moving surface are driven at a speed equal to or greater than the speed at which the slicer operates.
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Abler Norman C.
Hamburg Donald W.
Rattmann James A.
Ashley Boyer
Kraft Foods Inc.
Rada Rinaldi I.
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