Cutting – With product handling means – Means to move – guide – or permit free fall or flight of product
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-07
2009-06-16
Peterson, Kenneth E. (Department: 3724)
Cutting
With product handling means
Means to move, guide, or permit free fall or flight of product
C083S102000, C083S105000, C083S500000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07546789
ABSTRACT:
A whole muscle slicer and separator that solves the product separation problem and other problems found with an ordinary slicer. The invention is where one embodiment includes a special peel out finger bar comb that peels out every other product piece onto a conveyor and a final comb that peels out the remaining product pieces onto a second conveyor. This can be accomplished by tilting the cutting assembly to about approximately a 45 degree angle off vertical. There can be an upper and lower combs arranged in a interfacing relationship with the cutter for separating the product. Another embodiment includes a single finger bar comb having two sets of fingers.
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Lasse Kelvin D.
Reddell Tim
Reed Charley
Ruff James
Vanderpool Marshall
Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
Michalski Sean
Peterson Kenneth E.
Stallion, Esq. Mark E.
Tyson Foods, Inc.
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