Cutting – Processes – Cutting of interdigitating products
Patent
1975-02-24
1976-03-09
McGehee, Travis S.
Cutting
Processes
Cutting of interdigitating products
83167, 834251, 834252, 83437, 83858, B26D 426, B26D 434
Patent
active
039423999
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for slicing onions and other hard vegetables. The apparatus comprises carrier means mounted for movement through a cutting path in a first direction. A plurality of cutting blades is disposed within the path in a downwardly descending ramp. Each of the blades includes a leading edge and a trailing edge, with the leading edge forming the cutting edge of the blade. The blades are sequentially offset from one another in said one direction and parallel to one another in the direction normal to said one direction, with the leading edge of one blade spaced from the trailing edge of the preceding blade by a distance at least equal to the thickness of the blade.
The carrier means serves to carry the vegetable through the path and into sequential contact with succeeding blades to effect the sequential slicing of the vegetable.
The carrier means comprises a base for supporting the vegetable and a pusher member. The pusher member is arranged to apply a force on the vegetable at an area thereon opposite to the blade then in contact with the vegetable to force the vegetable cleanly through the blade. The pusher member is preferably curved and is arranged to pivot as the carrier moves along the cutting path while making contact with the base at all times to preclude any portion of the vegetable from falling out of the carrier.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1321640 (1919-11-01), Illinger
patent: 1771456 (1930-07-01), Alexander
patent: 2535261 (1950-12-01), Brown
Bray W. D.
McGehee Travis S.
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