Cutting – Processes
Patent
1993-03-11
1994-08-09
Seidel, Richard
Cutting
Processes
83 73, 83359, 83364, 83370, 83732, 83932, B26D 109, B26D 706
Patent
active
053355717
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are provided for cutting oversized vegetable products or the like, such as potatoes in the course of producing french fry strips, to obtain a controlled product length distribution. The system includes a conveyor for transporting the products in single file to a length sensor station for detecting the length of each product, and then to a cutting station for cutting each overlong product at one of a plurality of different positions as a function of the detected product length. Such length-responsive cutting provides significant control over the distribution of product lengths, while minimizing or eliminating the presence of products which are too long or short.
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J. R. Simplot Company
Peterson Kenneth E.
Seidel Richard
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