Patent ID: 11889855
Assignee: AGILE INNOVATION, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 7:
8. A cutting mechanism for a cutting a produce product traveling along a feed belt having a liner velocity, the cutting mechanism comprising:
a drum member attached to a motor;
a lobe member rotationally attached to the drum member at a point offset to a center of the drum member; and
a cutting blade affixed to the lobe member, wherein a rotation of the drum member results in a rotary motion of the lobe member, the rotary motion having a motion profile resolvable into a vector having an x component and a y component, wherein the cutting blade moves in a circular path offset from a rotational center of the drum member such that the cutting blade approaches the feed belt along a y axis, makes a cut in the produce product, instantaneously travels along an x axis, and is raised up from the circular path for another rotation of the drum member, wherein the cutting blade makes a single cut in each complete rotation, wherein a desired length of a cut segment of the produce product is determined by an angular velocity of the cutting blade relative to a linear velocity of the feed belt.