Patent ID: 9469041
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B26D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A knife assembly adapted for installation in a centrifugal-type cutting apparatus and cutting food product in the centrifugal-type cutting apparatus, the knife assembly comprising: a knife having a corrugated shape to produce a large-amplitude food product slice having a periodic shape, the corrugated shape having peaks and valleys to produce the periodic shape, each of the peaks and each of the valleys having a convex side and an oppositely-disposed concave side, the convex side of each peak having an apex; a julienne tab metallurgically joined to the apex at the convex side of at least a first of the peaks of the knife by a metallurgical joint, the julienne tab extending in a direction away from the concave side of the first peak, the julienne tab being oriented along the apex of the first peak to cut the food product slice into strips.