Constant acceleration hydrocutting system
US9446531B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/6472
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An improvement to hydrocutting systems includes a curved shape for the acceleration and deceleration sections of the system. In the acceleration and deceleration tubes, the curvature of the sidewall is non-linear along its length, and the water flowing therein accelerates, positively or negatively, at a substantially constant rate. In an embodiment, there is a second curvature, which may be offset from the first curvature by about 90 degrees, that accelerates the water at a second, different substantially constant rate, in order to align the food product both lengthwise and rotationally to a desired orientation.
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