Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool – Machine including plural tools – Coaxial tools
Patent
1977-07-21
1978-08-22
McGehee, Travis S.
Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
Machine including plural tools
Coaxial tools
83404, 99593, B23B 3922, B23G 120
Patent
active
041085655
ABSTRACT:
A potato processing apparatus which comprises a rotatable potato receiving means having a number of receptacles into which potatoes to be processed are rotated. At least one potato processing station is provided adjacent the receiving means and has potato compressing, cutting and removing means. Rotation of the receiving means is synchronized with operation of the processing station or stations such that with a potato rotated on a receptacle the compressing means operate to firmly lodge said potato within the receptacle following which the cutting means are engaged with the potato so as to cut it into a substantially spherical shape. The removing means then operate to remove the substantially spherical shaped potato from the receptacle. There is also provided potato handling apparatus which cooperates with the processing station or stations to lodge potatoes in successive receptacles as they enter the respective processing station.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3519050 (1970-07-01), Dobrinen
patent: 3638696 (1972-01-01), Loveland
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