Slicing apparatus and method for making vegetable slices
US10617141B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB26D2001/0053
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A stationary slicing head assembly for use with a centrifugal slicing machine for cutting vegetables into slices. The assembly includes a plurality of slicing shoes serially arranged around an impeller having an axis of rotation. A first end of each slicing shoe is positioned adjacent to a second end of a juxtaposed slicing shoe. A plurality of serially arranged knife blades, each knife blade being secured to the first end of a slicing shoe, wherein each knife blade has a cutting edge/has a cutting edge profile defined with respect to the shape of the cutting edge defining a two-dimensional shape of a cut surface produced by the cutting edge. Some of the knife blades are first knife blades which have a first profile, and second knife blades have a second profile. The arrangement of the first and second knife blades configured to cut first and second slices from a vegetable.
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